Increase
Increase verb - To make greater in size, amount, or number.
Press
Press verb - To take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right.
How words are described
| notable | notable increase | notable press |
| standard | standard increase | standard press |
| simple | simple increase | simple press |
| small | small increase | small press |
| Other adjectives: actual, large, huge, little, new, major, general, unexpected, extra, significant, marked, random. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Occasionally in battle the player gets the opportunity to press a button to increase the team's tension and affinity, without major consequences besides a minor tension loss should the player fail.
Source: Videogame / Xenoblade -
Occasionally in battle the player gets the opportunity to press a button to increase the team's tension and affinity, without major consequences besides the possible tension loss should the player fail.
Source: Action Commands -
The increase in the rate of fire that akimbo provides also has the advantage of the common "press fire once, shoot twice" aspect being completely averted; they're still semi-auto and single-shotnote think a single gun with a 36-round mag.
Source: Punch-Packing Pistol
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Press or Increase. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/increase/press.
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