adjective
1. becoming greater or larger (Freq. 14)
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increasing prices
• Ant: ↑decreasing
• Similar to:
↑accelerative, ↑acceleratory, ↑accretionary, ↑accretive, ↑augmentative, ↑incorporative, ↑maximizing, ↑maximising, ↑multiplicative, ↑profit-maximizing, ↑profit-maximising, ↑progressive, ↑raising
2. music
• Ant: ↑decreasing
• Similar to: ↑accelerando, ↑crescendo
Useful english dictionary. 2012.