increment
/ˈɪŋkɹɪmn̩t/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.96 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The action of increasing or becoming greater.
noun
An 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."
noun
A syllable in excess of the number of the nominative singular or the second-person singular present indicative.
Example Sentences
- "the seminary that furnisheth matter for the formation and increment of animal and vegetable bodies"
- "A nation, to be great, ought to be compressed in its increment by nations more civilized than itself—as Greece by Persia; and Rome by Etruria, the Italian states, and Carthage."
- "In the third place, the superelevation and alignment of the track, theoretically calculated for speeds of 70 to 75 m.p.h., was adequate for the 80 to 85 m.p.h. or so normally attained as maxima over the G.N. main line; but nothing whatever had been done to prepare it for the enormous increment over these figures that this run was to produce."
- "The others will return at night, [...] pushing their experiments and nudging their projects toward completion in small, painful increments."
- "... any given value just before observing, the actual pressures must as frequently be incremented as decremented, both in the "on" and the "off" series."
- "public sector professional services recruitment, has seen a strong seasonal upturn which has incremented year on year since 2002 by an average of 12%."
Etymology
From Middle English encrement, increment, from Latin incrēmentum, from incrēscō (whence increase), from in- + crēscō (“grow”). Equivalent to increase + -ment.