increasing
//ɪnˈkɹiːsɪŋ//
formalForms
- Plural
- increasings
Definitions
1.On the increase.
1.present participle and gerund of increase
1.An increase.
- 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.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2600
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Uncommon
- Literature
- Rare
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Word family
Etymology
Etymology tree
English increase
Proto-Indo-European *-onts
Proto-Germanic *-ndz
Proto-West Germanic *-andī
Old English -ende
Middle English -ynge
English -ing
English increasing
From increase + -ing (participial suffix).