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increasing

increasing

244 1.0
Becoming greater in amount or number
  • adjective
  • /ɪnˈkriːsɪŋ/
: creciente
  • There is an increasing demand for renewable energy sources worldwide.

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

Examples

  • 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.

  • 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

to rise
vsincreasing
630 1.0

To become greater in amount or strength

describes the ongoing change rather than the single action of moving higher
to go up
vsincreasing
607 1.5

To become higher in price or amount

is the general term for becoming greater rather than implying motion
to gain
vsincreasing
467 1.1

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

describes becoming greater in general not necessarily by getting more
rising
vsincreasing
238 2.6

Becoming greater in amount or number

is the general word for becoming greater without stressing continuity
to bump up
vsincreasing
33 3.4

To raise prices or amounts by a lot

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

Antonyms

12 2.3

Becoming less in number, size, or strength

Compounds

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
6 4.9
increasing
244 1.0
rising
13 3.4
growing
4 1.7

Surface Forms

increasing positive

Morphology

increasing = increase (transparent) = increase + ing

Formed by the productive suffix '-ing' from the verb 'increase'; the meaning 'becoming greater' is directly derived and obvious to learners.

Etymology

Increasing comes from the Latin parts in- ('in') and crescere ('to grow'). So something increasing is 'growing' in amount, number, or degree.