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increasing

in-KREE-sing/ɪnˈkɹiːsɪŋ/

Noun pluralincreasings

3 meanings of increasing

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  1. 1
    verb
    Present participle of increase. Use it for something that is going up right now.

    The number of visitors keeps increasing every summer.

    They are increasing the price of tickets next month.

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  2. 2
    adjective
    Getting bigger in amount, size, or number over time.

    An increasing number of families grow their own vegetables.

    Farmers deal with increasing costs each year.

    Similarrising, mounting

    Oppositedecreasing, diminishing

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  3. 3
    nouncountable
    A single rise or addition that makes something bigger.

    The knitter worked an increasing at each end of the row.

    Each new row needs two increasings to shape the hat.

    Oppositedecrease

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increasing is a form of increase

increase, verb: To get bigger or more, or to make something bigger or more. Full entry

Forms
increaseincreases he/she/itincreasing -ing formincreased past tense, past participle
Spelling
increase → increasing: drop the e, add -ing

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Origins

Meanings 1–2

From the word "increase" plus "-ing".

Meaning 3

From Middle English "encresing", made from "increase" plus "-ing".