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Increasing
Definitions
- 1 On the increase. not-comparable
"steadily increasing demand"
- 1 becoming greater or larger wordnet
- 2 (music) increasing in tempo and/or volume wordnet
- 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."
- 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."
Etymology
From increase + -ing (participial suffix).
From increase + -ing (participial suffix).
From Middle English encresing, equivalent to increase + -ing (gerund suffix).
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