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in⋅creas⋅ing

  [in-kree-sing]
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–adjective
1. growing larger or greater; enlarging; augmenting.
2. Mathematics. (of a function) having the property that for any two points in the domain such that one is larger than the other, the image of the larger point is greater than or equal to the image of the smaller point; nondecreasing. Compare decreasing (def. 2).
Origin:
1590–1600; see increase, -ing 2

Related forms:
in⋅creas⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

in⋅crease

  [v. in-krees; n. in-krees] verb, -creased, -creas⋅ing, noun
–verb (used with object)
1. to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to: to increase taxes.
–verb (used without object)
2. to become greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality: Sales of automobiles increased last year.
3. to multiply by propagation.
4. to wax, as the moon.
–noun
5. growth or augmentation in numbers, size, strength, quality, etc.: the increase of crime.
6. the act or process of increasing.
7. that by which something is increased.
8. the result of increasing.
9. produce of the earth.
10. product; profit; interest.
11. Obsolete.
a. multiplication by propagation; production of offspring.
b. offspring; progeny.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME incresen, encresen < AF encres-, MF encreiss-, s. of encreistre < L incrēscere, equiv. to in- in- 2 + crēscere to grow; see crescent

Related forms:
in⋅creas⋅a⋅ble, adjective
in⋅creas⋅ed⋅ly  [in-kree-sid-lee] , adverb

Synonyms:
1. expand, extend, prolong. Increase, augment, enlarge may all mean to make larger. To increase means to make greater, as in quantity, extent, degree: to increase someone's salary; to increase the velocity; to increase the (degree of) concentration. Enlarge means to make greater in size, extent, or range: to enlarge a building, a business, one's conceptions. Augment, a more formal word, means to make greater, esp. by addition from the outside: to augment one's income (by doing extra work). 3. expand, grow, develop, swell. 6. enlargement, expansion.

Antonyms:
1, 3. decrease.
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in·crease   (ĭn-krēs')   
v.   in·creased, in·creas·ing, in·creas·es

v.   intr.

  1. To become greater or larger.

  2. To multiply; reproduce.

v.   tr.
To make greater or larger.
n.   (ĭn'krēs')

  1. The act of increasing: a steady increase in temperature.

  2. The amount or rate by which something is increased: a tax increase of 15 percent.

  3. Obsolete Reproduction and spread; propagation.


[Middle English encresen, from Old French encreistre, encreiss-, from Latin incrēscere : in-, intensive pref.; see in-2 + crēscere, to grow; see ker-2 in Indo-European roots.]
in·creas'a·ble adj., in·creas'er n., in·creas'ing·ly adv.
Synonyms: These verbs mean to make or become greater or larger. Increase sometimes suggests steady growth: The mayor's political influence rapidly increased. "No machines will increase the possibilities of life. They only increase the possibilities of idleness" (John Ruskin).
To expand is to increase in size, area, volume, bulk, or range: He inhaled deeply, expanding his chest. "Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion" (C. Northcote Parkinson).
Enlarge refers to expansion in size, extent, capacity, or scope: The landowner enlarged her property by repeated purchases. My knowledge of literature has enlarged considerably since I joined a reading group.
To extend is to lengthen in space or time or to broaden in range: The transit authority extended the subway line to the next town. The baseball season extends into October.
Augment usually applies to what is already developed or well under way: She augmented her collection of books each month. His depression augments with each visit to the hospital.
To multiply is to increase in number, especially by propagation or procreation: "As for my cats, they multiplied" (Daniel Defoe). "May thy days be multiplied!" (Sir Walter Scott).
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

increase  (v.)
c.1315, from Anglo-Fr. encress-, from O.Fr. encreiss-, prp. stem of encreistre, from L. increscere "to increase," from in- "in" + crescere "to grow" (see crescent). L. spelling restored 15c.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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