# increasing

Pronunciation: say "in-KREE-sing" /ɪnˈkɹiːsɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle and gerund of increase. — present participle and gerund of increase
   - Simple: Present participle of increase. Use it for something that is going up right now.
   - _Global temperatures have been increasing over the past century._
   - _The company is increasing its investment in renewable energy._

## Adjective

2. Becoming greater in amount, size, or degree as time passes.
   - Simple: Getting bigger in amount, size, or number over time.
   - _The team faced increasing pressure as the deadline approached._
   - _An increasing share of shoppers now buy their groceries online._

## Noun

3. A discrete instance of growth that adds to an amount, size, or number.
   - Simple: A single rise or addition that makes something bigger.
   - _The sweater pattern calls for an increasing at both edges of every tenth row._
   - _Careful increasings along the seam give the garment its tapered fit._

## Origin

**Meanings 1–2** — Formed from "increase" combined with the participial suffix "-ing".
**Meaning 3** — From Middle English "encresing", equivalent to "increase" plus the gerund suffix "-ing".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/increasing (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).