increasing

/ษชnหˆkษนiหsษชล‹/

IPA: /IH0 N K R IY1 S IH0 NG/

verb
  1. 1

    (of a quantity, etc.) To become larger or greater.

    โ€œHis rage only increased when I told him of the lost money.โ€

  2. 2

    To make (a quantity, etc.) larger.

  3. 3

    To multiply by the production of young; to be fertile, fruitful, or prolific.

  4. 4

    To become more nearly full; to show more of the surface; to wax.

    โ€œThe Moon increases.โ€

adjective
  1. 1

    On the increase.

    โ€œsteadily increasing demandโ€

Antonyms

noun
  1. 1

    An increase.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/increase, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/increasing