increasingly

in·crease  (n-krs)

v. in·creased, in·creas·ing, in·creas·es

v.intr.

1. To become greater or larger.

2. To multiply; reproduce.

v.tr.

To make greater or larger.

n. (nkrs)

1. The act of increasing: a steady increase in temperature.

2. The amount or rate by which something is increased: a tax increase of 15 percent.

3. Obsolete Reproduction and spread; propagation.

Idiom:

on the increase

Increasing, especially in frequency of occurrence: Crime is on the increase.

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[Middle English encresen, from Old French encreistre, encreiss-, from Latin incrscere : in-, intensive pref.; see in-² + crscere, to grow; see ker-² in Indo-European roots.]

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in·creasa·ble adj.

in·creaser n.

in·creasing·ly adv.

Synonyms: increase, expand, enlarge, extend, augment, multiply¹
These verbs mean to make or become greater or larger. Increase sometimes suggests steady growth: The mayor's political influence rapidly increased. "No machines will increase the possibilities of life. They only increase the possibilities of idleness" (John Ruskin).
To expand is to increase in size, area, volume, bulk, or range: He inhaled deeply, expanding his chest. "Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion" (C. Northcote Parkinson).
Enlarge refers to expansion in size, extent, capacity, or scope: The landowner enlarged her property by repeated purchases. My knowledge of literature has enlarged considerably since I joined a reading group.
To extend is to lengthen in space or time or to broaden in range: The transit authority extended the subway line to the next town. The baseball season extends into October.
Augment usually applies to what is already developed or well under way: She augmented her collection of books each month. His depression augments with each visit to the hospital.
To multiply is to increase in number, especially by propagation or procreation: "As for my cats, they multiplied" (Daniel Defoe). "May thy days be multiplied!" (Sir Walter Scott).

Thesaurus

Adv.

1.

increasingly - advancing in amount or intensity; "she became increasingly depressed" more and more, progressively

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increasingly

adverb progressively, more and more, to an increasing extent, continuously more He was finding it increasingly difficult to make decisions.

Translations

increasingly [ɪnˈkriːsɪŋlɪ] ADV → cada vez más
he was finding it increasingly difficult to make decisions → le resultaba cada vez más difícil tomar decisiones
Spanish food is becoming increasingly popular → la comida española se está volviendo cada vez más popular or está alcanzando una popularidad cada vez mayor
it is becoming increasingly obvious that → está cada vez más claro que ...
they are relying increasingly on foreign imports → cada vez dependen más de las importaciones extranjeras

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increasingly [ɪnˈkriːsɪŋli] adv

[difficult, reliant] → de plus en plus

(= more and more often) → de plus en plus souvent

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increasingly

adv → zunehmend, immer mehr; he became increasingly angry → er wurde immer or zunehmend ärgerlicher; increasingly, people are finding that … → man findet in zunehmendem Maße, dass …; this is increasingly the case → dies ist immer häufiger der Fall

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increasingly [ɪnˈkriːsɪŋlɪ] adv → sempre più

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increasingly [ɪnˈkriːsɪŋlɪ] adv → sempre più

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