Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

increasing

/ɪnˈkɹiːsɪŋ/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.68 in modern English

Syllables: in-creas-ing
IPA: /ɪnˈkɹiːsɪŋ/

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

On the increase.

verb

present participle and gerund of increase

noun

Example Sentences

"steadily increasing demand"
"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."
"Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands."
"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 […]."
"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."

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).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: encresing

Inflected Forms

increasings (plural)

Derived Forms

increasingly nonincreasing superincreasing unincreasing

Phrases

increasing function increasing term assurance monotonic increasing non-increasing strictly increasing strictly increasing function

Antonyms

decreasing

Rhymes With

releasing decreasing policing leasing ceasing piecing greasing unceasing fleecing subleasing schmiesing

Questions

How do you pronounce increasing?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɪnˈkɹiːsɪŋ/.
What does increasing mean?: On the increase.
Where does increasing come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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