What does increasing mean?

Definitions for increasing
in·creas·ing

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word increasing.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. increasingadjective

    becoming greater or larger

    "increasing prices"

  2. increasingadjective

    music

Wikipedia

  1. increasing

    In mathematics, a monotonic function (or monotone function) is a function between ordered sets that preserves or reverses the given order. This concept first arose in calculus, and was later generalized to the more abstract setting of order theory.

ChatGPT

  1. increasing

    Increasing refers to the process or action of becoming larger, greater, higher or more in quantity, intensity, size, value or degree. This growth or rise can be applied to various contexts such as numbers, size, interests, activities, knowledge, etc. It indicates a progressive upward trend or movement.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Increasing

    of Increase

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'increasing' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1852

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'increasing' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3311

  3. Adjectives Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'increasing' in Adjectives Frequency: #247

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

How to pronounce increasing?

How to say increasing in sign language?

Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of increasing in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of increasing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of increasing in a Sentence

  1. Jiang Feitao:

    The government's policy has always been creating giant groups and increasing the level of concentration, but this will only work by letting the market shut down outdated ones and letting the surviving ones expand and have higher market share.

  2. Daniel Swain:

    Even if the jet stream does what it historically used to do, with no specific climate change contributions, climate change is still dramatically increasing the likelihood of these extreme heat events, if you warm the atmosphere, you'd expect those heat waves to be hotter than they otherwise would have been.

  3. Seymour Kagan:

    The president or someone in the VA should change the rule to reflect the pandemic and enlarge the vaccination program to any veteran, this would have the added benefit of increasing the distribution of the vaccine at a faster rate rather than going through the states -- it would also reduce the demand on the states of those people who are veterans who would get the shot directly through the VA clinic.

  4. The WPC:

    It's never a good thing to get too much rain all at once, a trait all too common among slow-moving tropical storms, thus, the flash flood potential is summarily also rapidly increasing.

  5. John Hannah:

    To ensure that it is not just being' played' by North Korea, the administration will be under increasing pressure to demonstrate that real progress has been achieved on denuclearization and that Kim Jong Un has in fact made the strategic decision to rid himself of nukes and missiles in exchange for security and economic benefits.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

increasing#1#2790#10000

Translations for increasing

From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary

Get even more translations for increasing »

Translation

Find a translation for the increasing definition in other languages:

Select another language:

  • - Select -
  • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
  • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
  • Español (Spanish)
  • Esperanto (Esperanto)
  • 日本語 (Japanese)
  • Português (Portuguese)
  • Deutsch (German)
  • العربية (Arabic)
  • Français (French)
  • Русский (Russian)
  • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
  • 한국어 (Korean)
  • עברית (Hebrew)
  • Gaeilge (Irish)
  • Українська (Ukrainian)
  • اردو (Urdu)
  • Magyar (Hungarian)
  • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
  • Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Italiano (Italian)
  • தமிழ் (Tamil)
  • Türkçe (Turkish)
  • తెలుగు (Telugu)
  • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
  • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
  • Čeština (Czech)
  • Polski (Polish)
  • Românește (Romanian)
  • Nederlands (Dutch)
  • Ελληνικά (Greek)
  • Latinum (Latin)
  • Svenska (Swedish)
  • Dansk (Danish)
  • Suomi (Finnish)
  • فارسی (Persian)
  • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
  • հայերեն (Armenian)
  • Norsk (Norwegian)
  • English (English)

Word of the Day

Would you like us to send you a FREE new word definition delivered to your inbox daily?


Citation

Use the citation below to add this definition to your bibliography:

Style:MLAChicagoAPA

"increasing." Definitions.net. STANDS4 LTD, 2026. Web. 18 May 2026. <https://www.definitions.net/definition/increasing>.

Discuss these increasing definitions with the community:

    Are we missing a good definition for increasing? Don't keep it to yourself...

    Image or illustration of

    increasing

    Credit »

    Free, no signup required:

    Add to Chrome

    Get instant definitions for any word that hits you anywhere on the web!

    Free, no signup required:

    Add to Firefox

    Get instant definitions for any word that hits you anywhere on the web!

    Quiz

    Are you a words master?

    »
    a state of irritation or annoyance
    A huff
    B abet
    C knead
    D exacerbate

    Nearby & related entries:

    Alternative searches for increasing: