increasing

Speech parts

1. increasing - Noun

2. increasing - Adjective

3. increasing - Verb

Meaning

of Increase

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

growing rising spreading climbing upward mounting thickening deepening surging intensifying heightening enhancing steepening expanding accumulating
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Antonyms

decreasing down cliff falling accession adjustment
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Phrases with the word

ever-increasing increasing the pressure increasing proportion increasing package sizes increasing attention to an increasing extent

Examples

The metric system did not really catch on in the States, unless you count the increasing popularity of the nine-millimeter bullet. Dave Barry

The spread of civilisation may be likened to a fire; first, a feeble spark, next a flickering flame, then a mighty blaze, ever increasing in speed and power. Nikola Tesla

By increasing the size of the keyhole, today's playwrights are in danger of doing away with the door. Peter Ustinov

In fact, violence as a symbol of our growing irrationality has had an increasing role in activity for its own sake, when no possible justification could be made that the activity was seeking to resolve a problem. Carroll Quigley

The main peculiarity which distinguishes man from other animals, is the means of his support, is the power which he possesses of very greatly increasing these means. Thomas Malthus

During the past three years spectacular progress has been made in increasing wheat, rice, and maize production in several of the most populous developing countries of southern Asia, where widespread famine appeared inevitable only five years ago. Norman Borlaug

Close letter words and terms

increasement increaser increases the pressure increasing attention increasing awareness increasing dosing