incremental

[ in-kruh-men-tl, ing- ]

/ ˌɪn krəˈmɛn tl, ˌɪŋ- /

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adjective

increasing or adding on, especially in a regular series: small, incremental tax hikes.

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Origin of incremental

increment + -al¹

OTHER WORDS FROM incremental

in·cre·men·tal·ly, adverb

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incredibly, incredulity, incredulous, incredulously, increment, incremental, incrementalism, incremental plotter, incremental recorder, incremental repetition, increscent

How to use incremental in a sentence

It takes work, but it will pay off over time as the incremental conversion rate increases impact top-line revenue.
How to drive digital innovation necessary during the pandemic|Nick Chasinov|September 16, 2020|Search Engine Watch
There have been changes — virtual fans in stands, remotely produced interviews, a new acceptance of flexibility in TV advertising — but they seem to be more incremental than absolute, based on recent conversations with industry executives.
How the future of TV and streaming has – and hasn’t – been reshaped so far by 2020|Tim Peterson|September 16, 2020|Digiday
Database scientists Benoit Dageville and Thierry Cruanes had each toiled at Oracle for more than a decade, helping the software giant eek out incremental improvements in its applications.
Meet Snowflake, one of the buzziest tech IPOs ever|Aaron Pressman|September 15, 2020|Fortune
Shoppable ads enable advertisers to place more focus on incremental reach and less focus on frequency.
The race to frictionless consumer journeys is expanding beyond marketplaces|acuityads|September 10, 2020|Digiday

With the introduction of RSAs, Google began encouraging advertisers to move away from “overly fixating” on click-through and conversion rates and instead focus on the incremental lift in clicks and conversions from RSAs.
RSAs: Are they living up to the promise? It depends|Ginny Marvin|September 9, 2020|Search Engine Land
Utilizing fear, or taking a reasoned approach to gradual, incremental change?
Jon Stewart Talks ‘Rosewater’ and the ‘Chickensh-t’ Democrats’ Midterm Massacre|Marlow Stern|November 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They are winning incremental battles under the pretense of health regulations and parental consent.
Ten Reasons Women Are Losing While Gays Keep Winning|Jay Michaelson|July 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She seems, if anything, to symbolize an even more incremental progressivism than President Obama.
Inside the World of Hillary Superfans|David Freedlander|April 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
We also need, in incremental and experimental ways, to keep building up a real politics of climate change.
Climate Change Needs the Politics of the Impossible|Jedediah Purdy|April 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
When it comes to democracy and rule of law, progress requires incremental growth.
To See the Progress in Afghanistan, Stop Viewing the Country Through a Western Lens|Sam Schneider|February 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The overwhelming favorite is still the incremental machine called the Calcomp plotter.
On-Line Data-Acquisition Systems in Nuclear Physics, 1969|H. W. Fulbright et al.
The growth of cities has, through real estate speculation and incremental income, made many of our millionaires.
Distributive Justice|John A. (John Augustine) Ryan
In comparison to centuries of slow, incremental development, relatively abrupt change testifies to a new human condition.
The Civilization of Illiteracy|Mihai Nadin
A car was still, in some ways, the result of incremental progression from the horse-drawn carriage.
The Civilization of Illiteracy|Mihai Nadin
Allocation of resources within a system and strategies of co-evolution are seen as resources of incremental performance.
The Civilization of Illiteracy|Mihai Nadin

British Dictionary definitions for incremental

incremental

/ (ˌɪnkrɪˈmɛntəl) /

adjective

of, relating to, using, or rising by increments

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