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encompassing
English
Verb
encompassing
- present participle of encompass
Derived terms
- all-encompassing
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increasing
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?k?i?s??/
- Hyphenation: in?creas?ing
- Rhymes: -i?s??
Etymology 1
From increase +? -ing.
Adjective
increasing (not comparable)
- on the increase.
- steadily increasing demand
Antonyms
- decreasing
Hyponyms
- ever-increasing
Translations
Verb
increasing
- present participle of increase
Etymology 2
From Middle English encresing, equivalent to increase +? -ing.
Noun
increasing (plural increasings)
- (knitting) An increase.
- 1864, The Ladies' Companion and Monthly Magazine (page 277)
- Now begin the increasings for the chest by making 2 stitches in the fourth stitch; repeat this, increasing in every fourth row, but 1 stitch further each time, so as to form a slanting line, the same as a dress-pleat.
- 1864, The Ladies' Companion and Monthly Magazine (page 277)
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