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Inc

adjective
Word Frequency: 2.4

Definitions

1.adjectiveIncorporated, corporation, an adjective describing a type of (business) company that carries certain legal obligations.
2.adjectiveComing (or about to come) in; arriving.
"Incoming tides cause a tidal bore in many rivers."
3.adjectiveSucceeding to an office.
"The incoming prime minister gave a press conference."
4.verb(of a quantity, etc.) To become larger or greater.
"His rage only increased when I told him of the lost money."
5.verbTo make (a quantity, etc.) larger.
6.verbTo multiply by the production of young; to be fertile, fruitful, or prolific.
7.verbTo become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax.
"The Moon increases."
8.nounThe action of increasing or becoming greater.
9.nounThe waxing of the moon.
10.nounThe amount of increase.
11.nounAn amplification without strict climax, as in the following passage: "Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report, [...] think on these things."
12.nounThe amount of time added to a player's clock after each move.
13.noun(grammar) A syllable in excess of the number of the nominative singular or the second-person singular present indicative.

Synonyms

go upgrowriseshoot upsoarwaxincrementraiseupproliferatepropagateteem

Antonyms

outgoingdecreasedropfallgo downplummetplungereduceshrinksinkcutdecrement

Rhymes With

linkshrinkblinkthinkpinkclinkhoodwinkbrink
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