English noun: step-up |
1. | step-up (act) the act of increasing something |
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| Samples | He gave me an increase in salary.
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| Synonyms | increase |
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| Broader (hypernym) | change of magnitude |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | accrual, accruement, accumulation, addition, advance, aggrandisement, aggrandizement, amplification, appreciation, augmentation, elevation, enlargement, escalation, exaggeration, expanding upon, expansion, expansion, inclusion, intensification, intensification, maximation, maximisation, maximization, rise, split, split up, stock split, strengthening, surge, upsurge |
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| Antonyms | reduction, step-down, diminution, decrease |
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