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flared flaring

increasing \increasing\ adj.

  1. becoming greater or larger; as, increasing prices. [Narrower terms: accretionary ; {augmenting, augmentative, building ; {expanding ; {flared, flaring ; {growing ; {incorporative ; {lengthening ; {maximizing ; {multiplicative ; {profit-maximizing ; {raising ; {accretive ; {rising ] {decreasing

  2. same as growing, 1. [prenominal]

    Syn: growing(prenominal), incremental.

  3. (Music) increasing in some musical quality. Opposite of decreasing. [Narrower terms: {accelerando ; {crescendo ]