Increasing

Quick meaning: Increasing is an adjective meaning On the increase.

Meaning

On the increase.

More Meanings

1. present participle and gerund of increase
2. (knitting) An increase.

Example Sentences

steadily increasing demand

Now begin the increasings for the chest by making 2 stitches in the fourth stitch; repeat this, increasing in every fourth row, but 1 stitch further each time, so as to form a slanting line, the same as a dress-pleat.

It is time the international community faced the reality: we have an unmanageable, unfair, distortionary global tax regime. It is a tax system that is pivotal in creating the increasing inequality that marks most advanced countries today […].

The world’s environmental crises are an increasing concern in international politics. Deforestation of the Amazon was high on the agenda of this week’s G7 meeting in Biarritz, France. In September, world leaders will gather in New York for a climate action summit.

Word Forms

• increasings

Synonyms for increasing

Depending on context, synonyms include crescendo, rising, flaring, expanding, augmenting, building.

Antonyms for increasing

Common opposites include decreasing.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include augmentative, growing, accretive, accretionary, lengthening, raising.

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