Increasing

verb

/ɪnˈkɹiːsɪŋ/

Word Frequency: 62.5

Definitions

1.verb(of a quantity, etc.) To become larger or greater.

"His rage only increased when I told him of the lost money."

2.verbTo make (a quantity, etc.) larger.

3.verbTo multiply by the production of young; to be fertile, fruitful, or prolific.

4.verbTo become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax.

"The Moon increases."

5.adjectiveOn the increase.

"steadily increasing demand"

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