Increasing

//ɪnˈkɹiːsɪŋ// adj, noun, verb

adj, noun, verb ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1
An increase.
"Now begin the increasings for the chest by making 2 stitches in the fourth stitch; repeat this, increasing in every fourth row, but 1 stitch further each time, so as to form a slanting line, the same as a dress-pleat."

Verb

1
present participle and gerund of increase form-of, gerund, participle, present
"Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands."

Adjective

1
On the increase. not-comparable
"steadily increasing demand"

Adjective

1
becoming greater or larger wordnet
2
(music) increasing in tempo and/or volume wordnet

Synonyms

accelerando accelerative accretionary accretive augmentative consecutive

Antonyms

Example

"The number of Japanese students returning after life abroad has been increasing as of late."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From increase + -ing (participial suffix).

Etymology 2

From Middle English encresing, equivalent to increase + -ing (gerund suffix).

Related phrases

increasing function increasing term assurance monotonic increasing non-increasing strictly increasing strictly increasing function

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