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Adjective: increasing  in'kreesing
  1. Becoming greater or larger
    "increasing prices"
     
  2. Music
Verb: increase  in'krees
  1. Become bigger or greater in amount
    "The amount of work increased"
     
  2. Make bigger or more
    "The boss finally increased her salary"; "The university increased the number of students it admitted"

See also: accelerando, accelerative, acceleratory, accretionary, accretive, augmentative, crescendo, incorporative, increasingly, maximising [Brit], maximizing, multiplicative, profit-maximising, profit-maximizing, progressive, raising

Type of: alter, change, change magnitude, modify

Antonym: decrease, decreasing

Encyclopedia: Increasing