increasing

Etymology 1

From increase + -ing.

adj

1. on the increase.
   steadily increasing demand
   The world’s environmental crises are an increasing concern in international politics. Deforestation of the Amazon was high on the agenda of this week’s G7 meeting in Biarritz, France. In September, world leaders will gather in New York for a climate action summit. August 30, 2019, Jonathan Watts, “Amazon fires show world heading for point of no return, says UN”, in The Guardian

verb

1. present participle and gerund of increase
   It is time the international community faced the reality: we have an unmanageable, unfair, distortionary global tax regime. It is a tax system that is pivotal in creating the increasing inequality that marks most advanced countries today […]. 2013-06-07, Joseph Stiglitz, “Globalisation is about taxes too”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 19

Etymology 2

From Middle English encresing, equivalent to increase + -ing.

noun

1. (knitting) An increase.
   Now begin the increasings for the chest by making 2 stitches in the fourth stitch; repeat this, increasing in every fourth row, but 1 stitch further each time, so as to form a slanting line, the same as a dress-pleat. 1864, The Ladies' Companion and Monthly Magazine, page 277