increasing
[in-kree-sing]
- growing larger or greater; enlarging; augmenting.
- Mathematics. (of a function) having the property that for any two points in the domain such that one is larger than the other, the image of the larger point is greater than or equal to the image of the smaller point; nondecreasing.Compare decreasing(def 2).
Origin of increasing
increase
[verb in-krees; noun in-krees]
- to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to: to increase taxes.
- to become greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality: Sales of automobiles increased last year.
- to multiply by propagation.
- to wax, as the moon.
- growth or augmentation in numbers, size, strength, quality, etc.: the increase of crime.
- the act or process of increasing.
- that by which something is increased.
- the result of increasing.
- produce of the earth.
- product; profit; interest.
- Obsolete.
- multiplication by propagation; production of offspring.
- offspring; progeny.
Origin of increase
Synonyms
See more synonyms on Thesaurus.com1. expand, extend, prolong. Increase, augment, enlarge may all mean to make larger. To increase means to make greater, as in quantity, extent, degree: to increase someone's salary; to increase the velocity; to increase the ( degree of ) concentration. Enlarge means to make greater in size, extent, or range: to enlarge a building, a business, one's conceptions. Augment, a more formal word, means to make greater, especially by addition from the outside: to augment one's income ( by doing extra work ). 3. expand, grow, develop, swell. 6. enlargement, expansion.
Antonyms
1, 3. decrease.
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Examples from the Web for increasing
Contemporary Examples
The economy has begun to add jobs, but the quality of those jobs is an increasing concern.
When it comes to the increasing number of rape allegations leveled at Bill Cosby, the smoke is becoming impenetrable.
Vlad Burlutskiy is a civic and political activist from Russia who fled the country last year due to increasing threats.
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December 25, 2014
Not surprisingly, many middle and working class voters, particularly whites, have deserted the Democrats in increasing numbers.
Not long after I started cutting back on food and increasing my exercising, my periods stopped.
Historical Examples
It speaks for itself and will be of increasing influence as the years go by.
The government admitted the distress, but denied that it was increasing.
The Grand Old ManRichard B. Cook
She took no notice of my speech and continued speaking with increasing resentment.
Green MansionsW. H. Hudson
So Claus grew to manhood, increasing each day in knowledge and in wisdom.
A Little Book of Profitable TalesEugene Field
Fanny, in alarm at his increasing paleness, sprang to his breast.
Night and Morning, CompleteEdward Bulwer-Lytton
increase
- to make or become greater in size, degree, frequency, etc; grow or expand
- the act of increasing; augmentation
- the amount by which something increases
- on the increase increasing, esp becoming more frequent
Word Origin
C14: from Old French encreistre, from Latin incrēscere, from in- ² + crēscere to grow
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Word Origin and History for increasing
increase
n.
late 14c., "action of increasing; results of an increasing," from increase (v.).
increase
v.
early 14c., "become greater in size or number; to cause to grow, enlarge," from Anglo-French encress-, Old French encreiss-, present participle stem of encreistre, from Latin increscere "to increase, to grow upon, grow over, swell, grow into," from in- "in" (see in- (2)) + crescere "to grow" (see crescent). Latin spelling restored 15c. Related: Increased; increasing.
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