English Online Dictionary. What means increasing? What does increasing mean?
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪnˈkɹiːsɪŋ/
- Hyphenation: in‧creas‧ing
- Rhymes: -iːsɪŋ
Etymology 1
From increase + -ing (participial suffix).
Adjective
increasing (not comparable)
- On the increase.
Antonyms
- decreasing
Hyponyms
- ever-increasing
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
increasing
- present participle and gerund of increase
Etymology 2
From Middle English encresing, equivalent to increase + -ing (gerund suffix).
Noun
increasing (plural increasings)
- (knitting) An increase.