"increasing" meaning in English

See increasing in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ɪnˈkɹiːsɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-increasing.ogg
Rhymes: -iːsɪŋ Etymology: From increase + -ing (participial suffix). Etymology templates: {{af|en|increase|-ing|id2=participial|pos2=participial suffix}} increase + -ing (participial suffix) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} increasing (not comparable)
  1. On the increase. Tags: not-comparable Hyponyms: ever-increasing Derived forms: increasing function, increasing term assurance, monotonic increasing, non-increasing, strictly increasing, strictly increasing function Translations (on the increase): creixent (Catalan), zunehmend (German), økende (Norwegian Bokmål), crescând (Romanian), creciente (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-increasing-en-adj-oW5Od23x Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun), English terms suffixed with -ing (participial), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 67 22 11 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun): 44 18 38 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing (participial): 72 28 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 63 23 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 79 12 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 87 13
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ɪnˈkɹiːsɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-increasing.ogg Forms: increasings [plural]
Rhymes: -iːsɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English encresing, equivalent to increase + -ing (gerund suffix). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|encresing}} Middle English encresing, {{af|en|increase|-ing|id2=gerund noun|pos2=gerund suffix}} increase + -ing (gerund suffix) Head templates: {{en-noun}} increasing (plural increasings)
  1. (knitting) An increase. Categories (topical): Knitting
    Sense id: en-increasing-en-noun-BdBfBnQj Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun) Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun): 44 18 38 Topics: business, knitting, manufacturing, textiles
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ɪnˈkɹiːsɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-increasing.ogg
Rhymes: -iːsɪŋ Etymology: From increase + -ing (participial suffix). Etymology templates: {{af|en|increase|-ing|id2=participial|pos2=participial suffix}} increase + -ing (participial suffix) Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} increasing
  1. present participle and gerund of increase Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: increase
    Sense id: en-increasing-en-verb-Xesv3geO Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun) Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun): 44 18 38
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1864, The Ladies' Companion and Monthly Magazine, page 277:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An increase."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "knitting",
          "knitting#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "increase",
          "increase"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(knitting) An increase."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "knitting",
        "manufacturing",
        "textiles"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/ɪnˈkɹiːsɪŋ/"
    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːsɪŋ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "increasing"
}

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