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to increment

to increment

1 3.7
To increase something by a fixed amount in steps
  • verb
  • /ˈɪnkrəˌmɛnt/
translation icon : incrementar
  • In the program, you need to increment the value of 'i' with each loop cycle to avoid an infinite loop.
  • the counter is incremented
  • incremented value
  • the number is incremented

So that will be how much we increment the position and move the position of X&Y; every single step, right, every single step of the gain.

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Examples

  • The generation number is incremented by the library on each directory update.

    Academic text (2011)

  • For instance, you could write a loop to increment the data3 members of each structure.

    Blog text (18)

  • And having done that, I simply increment that value.

  • And also if curves less than equal to that, increment low by one.

  • So each time I click on change score, it increments the score.

  • Whenever a thread switch occurs, the count is incremented.

    Academic text (2000)

  • The ICU usually increments the IAR each cycle by the number of dispatched instructions.

    Academic text (1994)

  • During the WB cycle, the address is incremented by 2 for use during the next WB cycle of the multicycle load.

    Academic text (1994)

  • Incremented whenever a specified event occurs -- for example, the number of cache misses or correctly predicted branches.

    Academic text (2000)

  • After 36 pedal rotations, all of the lights were on, and four more pedal rotations turned off the lights and incremented the counter 15 times, at a rate of one increment every 0.3 s.

    Academic text (2007)

Synonyms

to add to
vsto increment
822 1.8

Make something larger in number, amount or degree

makes things larger by regular small amounts rather than by general enlargement
to step up
vsto increment
74 3.4

Make something greater in amount, speed or strength

makes quantities larger in regular small amounts rather than by broad rises
to augment
vsto increment
52 5.3

To make something bigger by adding more to it

makes things larger by regular small amounts rather than by general growth
to incr
vsto increment
  • Specialized
8.8

To add one to a number in a computer program

makes things larger by regular small amounts rather than only by one

Antonyms

to decrease
325 2.0

To make something smaller in amount or size

to diminish
201 3.7

To become less in size, importance, or value

Compounds

unearned increment
  • Specialized
9.9

An increase in value of land or buildings caused by outside events, not by the owner's work

How Much

to skyrocket
52 4.1
to boost
265 2.5
to raise
∞ 2.9
to increase
∞ 1.0
to increment
1 3.7
to nudge
33 3.8

Surface Forms

increment infinitive
incremented past
incremented past participle
incrementing present participle
increments third person singular

Etymology

As a verb, increment comes from the same Latin parts in- and crescere, where crescere means 'to grow' and links to increase. To increment something is to make it 'grow' a little at a time, which is why the verb means to add in fixed steps.