increasing (verb)
1increasing — increase in‧crease 1 [ɪnˈkriːs] verb 1. [intransitive] to become larger in amount, number, or degree: • Manufacturing output increased 0.6% in July. • Sales increased to 11.5 million tons from 11 million tons. increase in • The yen is forecast to …
2increasing — increase ► VERB ▪ make or become greater in size, amount, or degree. ► NOUN ▪ an instance or the action of increasing. DERIVATIVES increasing adjective increasingly adverb. ORIGIN Latin increscere, from crescere grow …
3increase — verb (increased, increasing) –verb (t) /ɪnˈkris / (say in krees) 1. to make greater in any respect; augment; add to. 2. to make more numerous. –verb (i) /ɪnˈkris / (say in krees) 3. to become greater or more numerous: sales increased. 4. to… …
4army — noun 1 group of soldiers ADJECTIVE ▪ great, huge, large, massive, mighty, powerful ▪ small ▪ ragtag (inf …
5boom — /bu:m/ noun 1. a time when sales, production or business activity are increasing ● a period of economic boom ● the boom of the 1990s ♦ the boom years years when there is an economic boom 2. a time when anything is increasing ■ verb to expand or… …
6unpopularity — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ growing, increasing VERB + UNPOPULARITY ▪ increase PREPOSITION ▪ unpopularity among …
7top out — verb 1. give up one s career just as one becomes very successful The financial consultant topped out at age 40 because he was burned out • Hypernyms: ↑leave office, ↑quit, ↑step down, ↑resign • Verb Frames: Somebody s …
8work up — verb 1. form or accumulate steadily (Freq. 4) Resistance to the manager s plan built up quickly Pressure is building up at the Indian Pakistani border • Syn: ↑build up, ↑build, ↑progress • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …
9cope — verb ADVERB ▪ admirably, effectively, well ▪ She copes very well under pressure. ▪ adequately (esp. BrE) ▪ Will the prison system cope adequately with the increasing numbers of prisoners? …
10drive away — verb force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings (Freq. 1) Drive away potential burglars drive away bad thoughts dispel doubts The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers • Syn: ↑chase away, ↑ …
