adj
Meaning 1
On the increase.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- steadily increasing demand
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
increasing
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ɪnˈkɹiːsɪŋ/
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noun
Meaning 2
An increase.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, knitting, manufacturing, textiles
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
present participle and gerund of increase
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 4
becoming greater or larger
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- increasing prices
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: decreasing
adjective
Meaning 5
music
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: decreasing
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English increase Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ynge English -ing English increasing From increase + -ing (participial suffix).
From Middle English encresing, equivalent to increase + -ing (gerund suffix).
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Asturian: creciente — on the increase
- Bulgarian: растящ (rastjašt) — on the increase
- Catalan: creixent — on the increase
- French: croissant — on the increase
- Galician: crecente — on the increase
- German: zunehmend — on the increase
- Italian: crescente — on the increase
- Norwegian Bokmål: økende — on the increase
- Portuguese: crescente — on the increase
- Romanian: crescând — on the increase
- Spanish: creciente — on the increase
Real reading context