These phrases were originally written to help describe figures and tables when they refer to change. However, they can be used to describe any change.
X has become | less | common |
X became | somewhat | frequent |
X is | quite | rapid |
more | serious | |
increasingly | large |
There has been a | large | increase in X |
There was a | small | rise in X |
There is likely to be | slow | fall in X |
This indicates a | sudden | plateau in x |
This shows an | immediate | rise in X |
Table 2 reveals a | startling | doubling of X |
Figure 3 suggests a | slight | spike in X |
The table above predicts a | gradual | rise in X |
There is a | slight | decrease in X |
steady | upswing in X | |
reduction in X | ||
collapse of the X | ||
slump in X | ||
drop in X | ||
decline in X |
the X | leveled off | slightly |
the percentage of X | plateaued | slowly |
the amount of X | went flat | immediately |
the value of X | went up | almost instantly |
the cost of X | has increased | gradually |
the number of X | increased | startlingly |
the degree to which X | has risen | suddenly |
the quality of X | rose | slightly |
the quantity of X | decreased | |
the X rate | fell | at once |
the estimate of X | has fallen | steadily |
predicted levels of X | halved | from its high in 2015 |
doubled | , causing surprise | |
tripled | over a period of 2 years | |
quadrupled | virtually overnight | |
plummeted | to its lowest level since records began | |
remained stable | at its previous level | |
stayed steady | at 120 |
has increased | to | 33% |
has increased | from | 22% to 33% |
has increased | from around | 20% to 33% |
has increasde | by | 11% |