Why does temperature increases proportionaly to pressure?

Question

I know PV = nRT, but what exactly is happening that explains this relation?

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Answer 1

The way I look at it which I think is correct is that temperature is a measure of how often molecules in a substance collide with other molecules in that substance and whatever container that substance might be contained in. You can raise the temperature by somehow generating heat energy within a substance, for example by pointing light at it, or by raising the pressure which will cause molecules to hit each other more often