increasing

Pronunciation

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Verb

Plain form increase

Third-person singular increases

Past tense increased

Past participle increased

Present participle increasing

1. The present participle of increase.

   His money is increasing because he makes good business deals.

Adjective

Positive increasing

Comparative none

Superlative none

1. If something is increasing, it is growing bigger.

   He is worried about his increasing debt: it keeps getting bigger and bigger.

Synonyms

• growing

Antonyms

• decreasing
• shrinking

Related words and phrases

• increase
• increment

See also

• growth
• improvement