1. Becoming greater or larger
   "increasing prices"
    
2. (music) increasing in tempo and/or volume
   "The conductor signaled for an increasing tempo in the final movement"

1. Become bigger or greater in amount
   "The amount of work increased"
    
2. Make bigger or more
   "The boss finally increased her salary"; "The university increased the number of students it admitted"
    
3. Add something extra to make more intense or better
   "This will increase your enjoyment";
   - enhance, heighten, raise

See also: accelerando, accelerative, acceleratory, accretionary, accretive, augmentative, crescendo, incorporative, maximising [Brit], maximizing, multiplicative, profit-maximising, profit-maximizing, progressive, raising

Type of: alter, change, change magnitude, compound, deepen, heighten, intensify, modify

Antonym: decrease, decreasing

Encyclopedia: Increasing