increasing

adjectives

becoming greater or larger
"increasing prices"
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tending to increase velocity
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marked or produced by accretion
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growing by accretion
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increasing or having the power to increase especially in size or amount or degree
"`up' is an augmentative word in `hurry up'"
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growing by taking over and incorporating adjacent territories
"the Russian Empire was a typical incorporative state"
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making as great as possible
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tending or having the power to multiply or increase in number or quantity or degree
"the multiplicative tendency of proportional representation"
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making the profit as great as possible
"the profit-maximizing price"
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gradually advancing in extent
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increasing in quantity or value
"a cost-raising increase in the basic wage rate"
music
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gradually increasing in tempo
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gradually increasing in volume