Increasing

Definitions: Increasing

Increasing

Adjective

1. Becoming greater or larger; "increasing prices".

2. Music.

Date "increasing" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Synonyms by domain: freshened (geography), freshening.

Antonym: decreasing (adj). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Increasing

English words defined with "increasing": increasing monotonic. (references)

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Modern Usage: Increasing

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	There is increasing interaction between images and language. (2 ou 3 choses que je sais d'elle; writing credit: Catherine Vimenet; Jean-Luc Godard) Everybody's got a theory on the increasing violence in our society. (Millennium; writing credit: Eric Knight) We read in the newspapers that the after-war years were bad everywhere, that crime was increasing and that honest citizens were having a hard job to put the gangsters in jail. (The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp; writing credit: Michael Powell; Emeric Pressburger)
Lyrics	Crime is increasing ("Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)"; performing artist: Marvin Gaye)
Movie/TV Titles	One Increasing Purpose (1927)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Increasing

Domain	Title
Books	Drawing on the Artist Within: An Inspirational and Practical Guide to Increasing Your Creative Powers (reference) Ever Increasing Faith (reference) Stop Your Cravings: A Balanced Approach to Burning Fat, Increasing Energy, and Reducing Stress (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Increasing Speed: Troubleshooting Tips and Drills for Increasing Pitching Velocity (reference) CANCER: Increasing Your Odds for Survival (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Ever Increasing Circles (reference) Ever Increasing Cirlces [IMPORT] (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Increasing

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Photo Album: Increasing

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Increasing prevalence of high level penicillin resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae over time. Streptococci.Credit: CDC.		Bar graph showing increasing number of office visits for treatment of middle ear infections.Credit: CDC.
	Monterey Bay Case Study - Photo #6 Increasing detail of lower canyon including huge meander From "Submarine Canyons" by Shepard and Dill.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.		Photo #2 of 8. Having reached the "buster" molt stage, a Maryland blue crab , Callinectes sapidus, sheds its shell. During its lifetime a crab may molt 20 to 25 times, increasing its size as much as 1/4 to 1/3 each time. The genus and species mean tasty beautiful swimmer.Credit: America's Coastlines.
	Increasing expanses of melted snow and ice during the spring melt.Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.		Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve Oyster - Crassotrea virginica. Pollution and overharvesting caused a decline in this fishery but now numbers are increasing.Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR).
	Figure 5. P. Regnard's combination photometer and photometric recording device. Invented by Paul Regnard in 1888 for measuring the intensity and duration of lig light with increasing depth. It was used by Prince Albert aboard a steam tug off Funchal at depths of 20, 30, and 40 meters. The balloon pressure device was not part of the original instrument but added afterwards.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.		A significant source of quality nutrition, beans–and other staples, like wheat, corn, and rice–are being improved by plant breeders intent on increasing the vitamins and trace elements they contain. P.Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..
	Private landowner increasing his winter cow feedby planting four wing saltbushBrush, grass.Credit: Roger Rosentreter.		Schematic presentation of a protein containing a cleft, in equilibrium between two states in which either water molecules (dark blue dots) or substrate (yellow) are bound. Increasing osmotic pressure shifts the equilibrium towards the state in which water is released from the cleft.Credit: NICHD.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Sounds Captioned with "Increasing".

Play	Caption
	One two three four; increasing counting.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Increasing

Author	Quotation
Immanuel Kant	Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing wonder and awe -- the starry heavens above me, and the moral law within me.
Juvenal	Avarice increases with the increasing pile of gold.
Thomas Jefferson	To myself, personally, it brings nothing but increasing drudgery and daily loss of friends.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Increasing

Author	Date	Quotation
Winston S. Churchill	1946	Warsaw, Berlin, Prague, Vienna, Budapest, Belgrade, Bucharest and Sofia, all these famous cities and the populations around them lie in what I must call the Soviet sphere, and all are subject in one form or another, not only to Soviet influence but to a very high and, in many cases, increasing measure of control from Moscow. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Increasing

Title	Author	Quote
Sylvie and Bruno Concluded	Carroll, Lewis	There is, I fear, at the present time, an increasing tendency to irreverent treatment of the name of God and of subjects connected with religion.
A Christmas Carol	Dickens, Charles	Even this, though, when Scrooge looked at it with increasing steadiness, was (r)not its strangest quality.
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	The revolutionary fever, however, was increasing.
Gulliver's Travels	Swift, Jonathan	The diseases they were subject to still continue without increasing or diminishing.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Increasing

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Obesity is increasing among children. (references)
		Graft and patient survival is increasing steadily. (references)
		The incidence is also increasing among urban children. (references)
Business		Enforcement of these two regulations is increasing. (references)
		Foreign investment in the country is gradually increasing. (references)
		The use of bankcards in consumption is increasing steadily. (references)
Children	Dominican Republic	However, child abuse is receiving increasing public attention. (references)
	Panama	Youth participation in criminal gangs is an increasing problem. (references)
	Bangladesh	These incentives have been effective in increasing the number of girls in school. (references)
Civil Liberties	Brazil	The MST's tactic of forcibly invading public buildings exemplified increasing aggressiveness on the part of the movement. (references)
	Pakistan	In May 2000, in response to increasing pressure and threats, Musharraf abandoned his proposed reforms to the blasphemy laws. (references)
	Bulgaria	Towards the end of the year, there was increasing evidence of attempts by the NMS government to exercise influence over state-owned media. (references)
Economic History	Korea	Wine imports are increasing rapidly. (references)
	Lithuania	Import of foreign goods is increasing. (references)
	Spain	Copying of music CDs is also increasing. (references)
Human Rights	Uzbekistan	The report claimed that the number of allegations and the brutality of torture were increasing. (references)
	Portugal	A law passed during the year aims to reduce the case backlog by increasing the number of judges. (references)
	South Africa	The office handles an increasing number of complaints but is hampered by severe resource constraints. (references)
Indigenous People	Malaysia	However, according to press reports, the head of an NGO working with Orang Asli said in May 2000 that school dropout rates among Orang Asli had increased markedly over previous years, and the percentage of Orang Asli living below the poverty line was increasing as well. (references)
Minorities	Lebanon	Drug addiction, prostitution, and crime reportedly are increasing in the camps, although reliable statistics are not available. (references)
	Canada	English speakers also expressed concern over the increasing scarceness of health services and public schooling in their language. (references)
Political Economy	New Zealand	Disparities in wealth are small but increasing. (references)
	Nicaragua	U.S.-Nicaraguan commercial ties are increasing. (references)
	COLOMBIA	By the mid-1990's, fiscal and current account deficits were increasing. (references)
Political Rights	Fiji	However, until the takeover of Parliament in May 2000, an increasing number of women were rising to prominent positions in politics and public service. (references)
	Kazakhstan	Although Parliament must approve the overall state budget, the Constitution precludes Parliament from increasing state spending or decreasing state revenues without executive branch approval. (references)
	Nepal	Hindus and members of certain castes traditionally have held more power than others, but members of other religious and social groups have in the past few years gained increasing influence in government, including senior leadership positions. (references)
Trade	Australia	Use of quality standards, such as the IS0 9000 series, is increasing. (references)
	Barbados	All of these initiatives are aimed at increasing production and trade of countries within the region. (references)
	Panama	In fact, an increasing number of Panamanian firms are seeking or have already obtained ISO-9000 certification. (references)
Travel	Bulgaria	In business, the usage of English is increasing. (references)
	Costa Rica	Crime: Crime is increasing, and tourists are frequent victims. (references)
	Colombia	Internet connections are coming into increasing use in Colombia. (references)
Women	Qatar	Professional opportunities for women are increasing. (references)
	Uganda	These problems continued to receive increasing public attention. (references)
	Chile	In 1999 a law took effect increasing the penalties for sexual abuse. (references)
Worker Rights	Qatar	The frequency of such strikes is steadily increasing. (references)
	Belgium	The overall number of reported trafficked persons may be increasing. (references)
	Bangladesh	Awareness of trafficking is increasing, and the topic receives frequent press coverage. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	TRUTH, n. An ingenious compound of desirability and appearance. Discovery of truth is the sole purpose of philosophy, which is the most ancient occupation of the human mind and has a fair prospect of existing with increasing activity to the end of time.
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Increasing

Speaker	Phrase(s)
Rush Limbaugh	Biden and Conrad say they don't believe the White House's statement that the new Homeland Security Department can be built without increasing costs for the American taxpayer.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: Increasing

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
John Adams	1797-1801	If that system was then prudent, it is more so now, as increasing depredations strengthen the reasons for its adoption.
Harry S. Truman	1945-1953	In addition, we must carry out our plans for reducing the barriers to world trade and increasing its volume.
Dwight Eisenhower	1953-1961	A steadily increasing share is conducted for, by, or at the direction of, the Federal government.
John F. Kennedy	1961-1963	This combined program, by increasing the amount of our national income, will in time result in still higher Federal revenues.
Lyndon B. Johnson	1963-1969	Swiftly increasing numbers of armed men from the North crossed the borders to join forces that were already in the South.
Gerald Ford	1974-1977	Increasing energy supplies is not enough.
Jimmy Carter	1977-1981	Lately, Federal spending has taken a steadily increasing portion of what Americans produce.
George Bush	1989-1993	My plan provides insurance security for all Americans while preserving and increasing the idea of choice.
Bill Clinton	1993-2001	We are increasing inspections to prevent the hiring of illegal immigrants.
George W. Bush	2001-2005	After eleven years during which we have tried containment, sanctions, inspections, even selected military action, the end result is that Saddam Hussein still has chemical and biological weapons and is increasing his capabilities to make more.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Increasing

"Increasing" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 72.91% of the time. "Increasing" is used about 7,623 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (-ing form)	72.91%	5,558	1,770
Adjective (general or positive)	27.09%	2,065	4,204
Total	100.00%	7,623	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: Increasing

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "increasing".
Name	Gender	Language	Meaning
Efraín	N/A	Spanish	Increasing
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Expressions: Increasing

Expressions using "increasing": Increasing function ♦ increasing monotonic ♦ lift increasing device ♦ monotonically increasing function. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "increasing": cost-increasing, ever-increasing.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Increasing

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
increasing metabolism	55
increasing vertical jump	38
display ever increasing	29
increasing fertility	20
increasing height	20
increasing sperm count	19
increasing web site traffic	18
increasing my vertical leap	18
increasing breast milk supply	17
increasing rate response survey	16
increasing serotonin	16
increasing stamina	15
increasing productivity team	14
increasing breast milk	13
increasing sales	13
increasing hdl	12
increasing milk supply	12
increasing penis size	12
increasing flexibility	11
increasing running speed	11
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Increasing

Language		Translations for "increasing"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Arabic		‏منمى, ‏متكاثر (numerous, reproducible), ‏متزايد (growing, mounting, rising, swelling). (various references)

Chinese		增� (Accession, Accrual, Add, Added, Adding, increased, increment, incremental). (various references)

Czech		zvyšující se (growing), vzrùstající (increscent). (various references)

Danish		opfriskende vind (freshening). (various references)

Dutch		toenemend (freshening). (various references)

Finnish		enenevä. (various references)

French		progression, grandissant, fraîchissant, croissant. (various references)

German		zunehmend (Crescent, deepening, freshening, growing, increasingly, incrementally, progressive, progressively), steigend (ascending, going up, rising), anwachsend (cumulative), ansteigend (sloping, sloppily, upward). (various references)

Greek		φρεσκάρει (freshening), αυξάνει (freshening). (various references)

Hebrew		�'�"ל (grow, growing). (various references)

Hungarian		felhajtóerõ-növelõ eszköz (lift increasing device), állandóan erősödő (steadily increasing, unceasingly growing, unceasingly intensifying). (various references)

Indonesian		naik (aboard, accede, ascend, rising, up), menanjak (escalating, zooming). (various references)

Italian		in aumento (increasingly), crescente (ascending, Crescent, growing, mounting, rising). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		� 圧 (increasing pressure). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		かあつ (increasing pressure). (various references)

Korean		증가 (increase). (various references)

Pig Latin		increasingay

Portuguese		uma elevação da temperatura de austenização origina um engrossamento do grão austenítico (the austenite grain size becomes coarser, with an increasing austenitising temperature), para igual teor de poeiras,um teor mais elevado de inertes na poeira fina provocava uma diminuição de risco de pneumoconiose (an increasing dirt content in the fine dust tended to lower the risk of pneumoniosis, for comparable total dust figures), os diferentes graus de efervescência foram obtidos por adições crescentes de carbono na lingoteira (the different degrees of rimming were obtained by increasing additions of carbon to the mould), os aditivos � base de chumbo têm como efeito aumentar o índice de octano dos carburantes a fim de diminuir a tendência para os ruídos (lead-base additives have the effect of increasing the octane number of fuels in order to reduce the tendency to knock), bens e serviços incorporados nos bens existentes de capital fixo com o fim de:-os beneficiar;-aumentar a sua duração de vida,a sua capacidade de produção ou o seu rendimento;-proceder � sua reparação (for the purpose of-improving them, goods and services incorporated into existing fixed capital goods, increasing their productive capacity or improving their performance), abertura e alargamento dos contingentes (opening and increasing of quotas, quotas to be opened and increased), � medida que a temperatura de revenido se eleva a dureza diminui,ao passo que a tenacidade melhora (the hardness decreases with increasing tempering temperature, whilst the toughness increases). (various references)

Romanian		crescând (growing, rising). (various references)

Russian		возрастать повышение возрастающий. (various references)

Scottish		f� s (accrue, become, empty, get, grow, hollow, increase, void, waste), cinntinn (prospering). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		koji povećava. (various references)

Spanish		creciente (Crescent, growing, rising, waxing). (various references)

Swedish		ökande (ascending). (various references)

Turkish		artırma (augmentation, boost, build up, economizing, enhancement, extension, overbidding, promotion), çoğalan (growing, spawning). (various references)

Ukranian		зростаючий (growing, rising, up). (various references)

Vietnamese		tăng dần, ng� y c� ng tăng. (various references)

Welsh		cynyddol (growing), amlhad (increase). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Bible Trace: Increasing

Language	Date	Source	Acts Chapter 12, Verse 24
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	O de logoV tou qeou huxanen kai eplhquneto
Latin	405	Vulgate	Verbum autem Domini crescebat et multiplicabatur
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	And the word of the Lord waxide, and was multiplied.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	And ye worde of God grewe and multiplied.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	But the word of God grew and multiplied.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	But the word of God grew and multiplied.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	But the word of the Lord went on increasing.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Increasing

Language	Acts Chapter 12, Verse 24
Albanian	Ndërkaq fjala e Perëndisë rritej dhe përhapej.
Bulgarian	А в Антиохийската църква имаше пророци и учители: �'арнава, Симеон, наречен Нигер, Киринееца Луиций, Манаин който беше възпитан заедно с четверовластника Ирода, и Савел.
Cebuano	Apan ang pulong sa Dios mitubo ug misanay.
Chinese	神的 �" 日見興旺、越發廣傳。
Croatian	Rijeè je pak Božja rasla i širila se.
Danish	Men Guds Ord havde Fremgang og udbredtes.
Dutch	En het Woord Gods wies, en vermenigvuldigde.
Finnish	Mutta Jumalan sana menestyi ja levisi.
French	Cependant la parole de Dieu se répandait de plus en plus, et le nombre des disciples augmentait.
German	Das Wort Gottes aber wuchs und mehrte sich.
Haitian Creole	Pawòl Bondye a menm t'ap gaye plis toujou, li t'ap fè anpil avans.
Hungarian	Az Istennek ígéje pedig növekedik és terjed vala,
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Maka perkataan Allah semakin tersebar luas dan semakin kuat.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Maka firman Allah itu pun makin bertambah-tambah masyhur.
Italian	Intanto la parola di Dio cresceva e si diffondeva.
Korean	하 나 님 의 말 �"� 은 흥 왕 하 여 �" 하 �" 라
Latvian	Bet Kunga vârds auga un izplatîjâs.
Maori	Ko te kupu ia a te Atua i tupu, i nui haere.
Modern Greek	Ο δε λογος του Θεου ηυξανε και επληθυνετο.
Norwegian	Men Guds ord hadde fremgang og utbredte sig.
Portuguese	E a palavra de Deus crescia e se multiplicava.
Rumanian	Knsq Cuvkntul lui Dumnezeu se rqspkndea tot mai mult, wi numqrul ucenicilor se mqrea.
Russian	уМПЧП ЦЕ вПЦЙЕ ТПУМП Й ТБУ� ТПУФТБОСМПУШ.
Shuar	Túrunamtaisha Yusa chichamenka Nú arant pampanki wémiayi. Túmaki Ashí Núnkanam anturamiayi.
Spanish	Pero la palabra de Dios crecía y se multiplicaba.
Swahili	Neno la Mungu likazidi kuenea na kukua.
Swedish	Men Guds ord hade framgång och utbredde sig.
Thai	แต่พระวจนะของพระเจ้าก็ยังแผ่เจริญมากขึ้น
Ukrainian	Слово ж Боже росло та помножувалось.
Uma	Jadi' kahaa-haea kawoo-woria' tauna to mpo'epe Lolita Pue', pai' kawoo-woria' -mi to mepangala' hi Yesus.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Increasing

Derivations
	Words beginning with "increasing": increasingly. (additional references)
	Words ending with "increasing": nonincreasing. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Increasing" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: increasin, unbreaking. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Increasing"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "increasing" (pronounced i'nkrē"sing)
6	-k r ē" s i ng	decreasing.
5	-r ē" s i ng	greasing.
4	-ē" s i ng	ceasing, leasing, piecing, policing, releasing, subleasing, unceasing.
3	-s i ng	accessing, acquiescing, addressing, advancing, affixing, amassing, annexing, announcing, assessing, balancing, basing, blessing, bouncing, boxing, bracing, busing, bussing, buttressing, bypassing, canvassing, caressing, casing, chasing, classing, coalescing, coaxing, coercing, collapsing, commencing, compressing, condensing, conferencing, confessing, conversing, convincing, coursing, crisscrossing, crossing, cursing, cussing, dancing, debasing, defacing, denouncing, depressing, diagnosing, digressing, disbursing, discussing, dismissing, dispensing, dispersing, displacing, distancing, distressing, divorcing, dosing, dousing, dowsing, dressing, eclipsing, effacing, embarrassing, embracing, encompassing, endorsing, enforcing, engrossing, enhancing, enticing, erasing, expensing, experiencing, expressing, facing, faxing, fencing, financing, fixing, flexing, focusing, forcing, freelancing, fundraising, fussing, gassing, glancing, grimacing, grossing, grousing, guessing, hairdressing, harassing, harnessing, hissing, horsing, icing, impressing, indexing, inducing, influencing, intermixing, introducing, invoicing, kissing, Lancing, lapsing, lensing, licensing, loosing, massing, menacing, mensing, messing, mincing, missing, mixing, noticing, nursing, obsessing, oppressing, outdistancing, outpacing, outsourcing, overproducing, pacing, parsing, passing, perplexing, piercing, placing, possessing, pouncing, practicing, prancing, prejudicing, pressing, pricing, processing, producing, professing, progressing, promising, pronouncing, pulsing, racing, reassessing, rebalancing, recessing, redressing, reducing, referencing, refinancing, refocusing, rehearsing, reimbursing, reinforcing, reintroducing, rejoicing, relapsing, relaxing, reminiscing, renouncing, replacing, repressing, repricing, reprocessing, reproducing, repulsing, repurchasing, resurfacing, retracing, reversing, rinsing, romancing, sacrificing, seducing, sensing, sentencing, sequencing, servicing, showcasing, silencing, slicing, sluicing, sourcing, spacing, spicing, splicing, sprucing, stressing, suppressing, surfacing, surpassing, taxing, teleconferencing, tossing, tracing, traipsing, traversing, trespassing, trouncing, unconvincing, underpricing, unpromising, vexing, videoconferencing, voicing, waltzing, waxing, wincing, wissing, witnessing, xeroxing.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Increasing

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-e-g-i-i-n-n-r-s"
	-1 letter: arginines.
	-2 letters: aginners, arginine, cinerins, crannies, creasing, earnings, encasing, engrains, grannies, incasing, ingrains, narceins, reaginic, recaning, resining, sirenian.
	-3 letters: aginner, airings, anergic, arcsine, arising, arsenic, asinine, canines, canners, cannier, carnies, ceasing, censing, cinerin, craning, cringes, earings, earning, encinas, engrain, erasing, gainers, ginners, ginnier, grannie, incages, ingrain, insaner, insigne, insnare, irenics, nancies, narcein, nearing, niacins, racings, raining, raising, reagins, regains, reginas, reining, rinsing, sacring, saining, scanner, scaring, searing, seining, senarii, sericin, seringa, snaring.
	-4 letters: airing, angers, anisic, arcing, arisen, arsine, cagers, cagier, cairns, caners, canine, caning, canner, cannie, caries, caring, carnie, casein, casern, casing, casini, cerias, cering, cigars, cranes, cringe, earing, easing, encina, ensign, ericas, gainer, ginner, graces, grains, icings, inaner, inanes, incage, incase, incise, inners, insane, irenic, nacres, nances, narine, niacin, racing, raisin, rances, ranges, rasing, reagin, regain, regina, reigns, renigs, renins, resign, ricing, ricins, rising, sagier, sanger, saning, sering, sienna, signer, singer, sinner, siring.
	-5 letters: acing, acini, acnes, acres, aegis, agers, airns, anger, anise, areic, arise, cager, cages, cains, cairn, caner, canes, cares, carns, carse, ceria, cigar, cines, cires, crags, crane, cries, earns, erica, escar, gains, garni, gears, genic, genii, girns, gnars, grace, grain, grans, grins, icier, icing, inane, inner, iring, nacre, nance, narcs, nares, naric, naris, nears, nicer, nines, nisei, races, rages, ragis, rains, raise, rance, range, ranis, regna, reign, reins, renig, renin, resin, rices, ricin, rings, rinse, risen, sager, saice, saner, sarge, sarin, scare, scena, scrag, segni, sengi, senna, serac, serai, serin, since, singe, siren, snare.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-e-g-i-i-n-n-r-s"
	+2 letters: ascertaining, centralising, increasingly, interfacings, interspacing.
	+3 letters: astringencies, enfranchising, intransigence, merchandising, nonincreasing, transpiercing.
	+4 letters: carcinogenesis, conservatizing, containerising, intransigeance, intransigences, merchandisings, merchandizings, sectarianizing.
	+5 letters: antiallergenics, anticarcinogens, centrifugations, counterstaining, gentrifications, intransigeances, reconsolidating.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.