The number is increased. vs The number has increased.

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'The number is increased' is in the passive voice and can be used to describe a current state, while 'The number has increased' is in the present perfect tense and indicates an action that has happened recently or over a period leading up to the present.

Last updated: April 01, 2024

The number is increased.

This phrase is correct but less commonly used in everyday English. It is in the passive voice and can be used to describe a current state.

This phrase is used to indicate that the number has been raised or elevated. It is often used in technical or formal contexts.

Examples:

In this experiment, the number is increased by 20%.
The number is increased every hour by the automated system.

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The maximum number of mines is increased.
The maximum number of bullets is increased.
In certain joint cells (fibroblast-like synoviocytes) of patients with rheumatoid arthritis the number of CB2 receptors is increased.
when a fixed price contract involves a fixed price per unit of output, contract revenue increases as the number of units is increased.
Recently the number of thieves has increased.
In recent years, the number of seizures has increased.
And the number of cooperative members increased.
The numbers of participants have increased.
In no Tickless group the number of parasites was increased.
In the second survey, the number of enterprises was increased.
But, nowadays the number of big productions increased.
This was because the Roman cities started to live again and the number of inhabitants increased.
What is worse, between 2001 and 2002, the number of executions increased.
There are more than four billion codes available, but if they are used for keys in combination with lock versions which are contained in the mechanical part, this number is increased astronomically.
The report argues that full opening of markets will create more and better jobs; however, concrete evidence has to be given that countries where full opening occurred have seen employment numbers increased.
And the number of cooperative members increased.
Dream game online for free now provide the ability to save, and the number and diversity levels increased.
In recent years the number and variety of higher education institutions, as well as student numbers, have substantially increased.
Though Greenbacks continued to circulate, their numbers were not increased.
In 1993 the number increased to 99.

Alternatives:

The number has been increased.
The number has been raised.
The number has been elevated.
The number has gone up.
The number has risen.

The number has increased.

This phrase is commonly used in English to indicate that the number has gone up or risen. It is in the present perfect tense.

This phrase is used to describe an action that has happened recently or over a period leading up to the present. It indicates a change in the number from a previous state.

Examples:

Over the past month, the number has increased significantly.
The number of participants has increased since last year.

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Recently the number of thieves has increased.
In recent years, the number of seizures has increased.
The guards report the number of sussicious men has increased.
With the most recent enlargement, the number of official languages has increased.
2008 has experienced a rise not only in digital installations but also in the countries where the new projection technology has been introduced: with the new entries - Estonia, Croatia, Latvia, Malta and Romania - the number has increased to 30.
Cibus Tec 2016 did not disappoint expectations, the number of visitors has increased exponentially.
The number of meetings has also increased.
The number of fakes has recently increased.
They are thrown into the streets, why? Because they are unable to pay for their lodging. The number of these cases has increased.
Numerous newspapers are being closed down daily and unfortunately the number of executions has increased significantly.
A study in the journal Science shows that the polar ice caps instead becoming thicker and even the World Wildlife Fund reports that the number of polar bears has increased.
It is difficult to know if this increase in the infringements detected means that the rate of detection of serious infringements is improving or if the number of infringements committed has increased.
With the creation of the hotel site, we have much more visibility on the internet and we also found that the number of bookings has increased significantly.
From year to year the number of students has continually increased.
That strategy has been hailed as a success by the Italian Union of Workers (UIL) and by the British Trade Union Congress (TUC), and the number of women involved has increased.
In present the largest bear population of all Europe is found in Romania and it has been kept constantly under control since 1990. By constant control for the past 10 years the number of bears has continually increased.
And the number of cooperative members increased.
The numbers of participants have increased.
In no Tickless group the number of parasites was increased.
In the second survey, the number of enterprises was increased.

Alternatives:

The number went up.
The number rose.
The number grew.
The number expanded.
The number surged.

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The number is increased. vs The number has increased.