Decreasing
/diˈkɹiːsɪŋ/ adj, noun, verb
adj, noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A decrease.
"The number of stitches between the decreasings decreases with every round, so that the decreasings form slanting lines meeting in a point."
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of decrease form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
- 1 On the decrease. not-comparable
Adjective
- 1 becoming less or smaller wordnet
- 2 (music) decreasing in tempo and/or volume wordnet
Example
More examples"Strangely, the number of students is decreasing each year."
Etymology
From decrease + -ing (participial suffix).