The act of increasing or rising:
amplification, augment, augmentation, boost, buildup, enlargement, escalation, growth, hike, increase, jump, multiplication, proliferation, raise, rise, swell, upsurge, upswing, upturn. See increaseThe act of raising to a high position or status or the condition of being so raised:
apotheosis, elevation, ennoblement, exaltation, glorification. See rise
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