increasing

Examples

• All

• Fire reappears with increasing frequency in the late poetry.

• The pressure grew, bringing increasing pain for hour upon hour.

• It's brought impact upon increasing health for women and children.

  Stanford

• I find out, you know, ways of increasing my mental strength.

• And that number is increasing rapidly all around the world.

• Also, the power of those devices is increasing pretty consistently.

• I'm going to let the speed be increasing steadily.

• The company reported increasing sales over the last quarter.

• With increasing temperatures, the ice on the lake began to melt.

Synonyms

R

to rise

vsincreasing

904 1.0

To become greater in amount or strength

describes the ongoing change rather than the single action of moving higher

G

to gain

vsincreasing

510 1.1

To get more of something over time, like weight or money

describes becoming greater in general not necessarily by getting more

G

to go up

vsincreasing

454 1.5

To become higher in price or amount

is the general term for becoming greater rather than implying motion

B

to bump up

vsincreasing

23 3.4

To raise prices or amounts by a lot

describes becoming greater in general not necessarily by a deliberate big change

R

rising

vsincreasing

2.6

Becoming greater in amount or number

is the general word for becoming greater without stressing continuity

Antonyms

D

decreasing

2.3

Becoming less in number, size, or strength

Compounds

I

increasing monotonic

• Specialized

9.0

A list of numbers that never goes down and each number is the same or bigger than the one before

How Much

surging

4.9

increasing

1.0

rising

41 3.4

growing

1 1.7

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology