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- increase by
increase by
increase something by something
to enlarge something by an amount or degree. They increased the size of the house by two hundred square feet. The engine size on the new model has been increased by a small amount.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| Herkus | | - | Lithuanian |
| Beatriz | | be-ah-TREETH (Spanish), be-ah-TREES (Latin American Spanish), be-a-TREES (Portuguese), be-a-TREESH (Portuguese) | Spanish, Portuguese |
| Quirijn | | - | Dutch |
| Sanford | | SAN-fərd | English |
| Bishan | | - | Indian, Hindi |
| Zhi | | - | Chinese |