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1 increase
1. [in'kri:s] verb(to (cause to) grow in size, number etc: The number of children in this school has increased greatly in recent years.) αυξάνω,-ομαι2. ['inkri:s] noun((the amount, number etc added by) growth: There has been some increase in business; The increase in the population over the last ten years was 40,000.) αύξηση- on the increase -
2 measure
['meʒə] 1. noun1) (an instrument for finding the size, amount etc of something: a glass measure for liquids; a tape-measure.) μέτρο/μεζούρα2) (a unit: The metre is a measure of length.) μονάδα μετρήσεως3) (a system of measuring: dry/liquid/square measure.) σύστημα μετρήσεως4) (a plan of action or something done: We must take (= use, or put into action) certain measures to stop the increase in crime.) μέτρο5) (a certain amount: a measure of sympathy.) μέτρο6) ((in music) the musical notes contained between two bar lines.) (μουσική)διάστημα2. verb1) (to find the size, amount etc of (something): He measured the table.)2) (to show the size, amount etc of: A thermometer measures temperature.)3) ((with against, besides etc) to judge in comparison with: She measured her skill in cooking against her friend's.)4) (to be a certain size: This table measures two metres by one metre.)•- beyond measure
- for good measure
- full measure
- made to measure
- measure out
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4 draught
1) (a movement of air, especially one which causes discomfort in a room or which helps a fire to burn: We increase the heat in the furnace by increasing the draught; There's a dreadful draught in this room!) ρεύμα2) (a quantity of liquid drunk at once without stopping: He took a long draught of beer.) γουλιά3) (the amount of water a ship requires to float it: a draught of half a metre.) βύθισμα•- draughts- draughty -
5 rate
[reit] 1. noun1) (the number of occasions within a given period of time when something happens or is done: a high (monthly) accident rate in a factory.) ποσοστό2) (the number or amount of something (in relation to something else); a ratio: There was a failure rate of one pupil in ten in the exam.) αναλογία, ποσοστό3) (the speed with which something happens or is done: He works at a tremendous rate; the rate of increase/expansion.) ρυθμός4) (the level (of pay), cost etc (of or for something): What is the rate of pay for this job?) τιμή, επίπεδο5) ((usually in plural) a tax, especially, in United Kingdom, paid by house-owners etc to help with the running of their town etc.) (πληθ.) δημοτικά τέλη2. verb(to estimate or be estimated, with regard to worth, merit, value etc: I don't rate this book very highly; He doesn't rate very highly as a dramatist in my estimation.) λογαριάζω/-ομαι, μετρώ- rating- at this
- at that rate
- rate of exchange
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