increasing

[in-kree-sing] / ɪnˈkri sɪŋ /

ADJECTIVE

becoming larger

Synonyms

STRONGEST

developing expanding growing rising

STRONG

accumulating augmenting booming broadening enlarging flourishing maturing multiplying proliferating snowballing sprouting swelling waxing widening

WEAK

getting big piling up

ADJECTIVE

becoming more intense

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accelerating deepening escalating growing intensifying

STRONG

accentuating advancing building emphasizing heightening sharpening

WEAK

building up dominant

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Software stocks have broadly sold off and Oracle investors in particular have worried about the company’s increasing debt load.

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I can get only about seventy-five percent of my hair into an elastic at any given time, and messing around with bobby pins is increasing the frizz.

From Literature

Stephen Dahl, 39, has been going to Benidorm for the Festival since 2020 after making the switch because of increasing costs.

From BBC

"But they can also have quite long lasting effects over many years afterwards, on both respiratory systems and increasing cancer risk."

From BBC

The team advised cutting a portfolio’s allocation to stocks over the next three months, while increasing the allocation to cash.

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