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Adjective increasing has 2 senses

increasing - becoming greater or larger; "increasing prices"
Antonyms: decreasing, abating, subsiding, detractive, diminishing, dwindling, tapering, tapering off, depreciating, depreciative, depreciatory, falling
increasing - music
Antonyms: decreasing, allargando, calando, decrescendo, diminuendo, rallentando, ritardando, ritenuto, rit.

Verb increase has 2 senses

increase - become bigger or greater in amount; "The amount of work increased"
--₁ is one way to change magnitude
Antonyms: decrease, diminish, lessen, fall

Derived forms: noun increase₅, noun increase₄, noun increase₃, noun increase₂, noun increase₁
Sample sentence:
Their earnings increase this year
increase - make bigger or more; "The boss finally increased her salary"; "The university increased the number of students it admitted"
--₂ is one way to change, alter, modify
Antonyms: decrease, lessen, minify

Derived forms: noun increase₅, noun increase₄, noun increase₃, noun increase₂, noun increase₁
Sample sentence:
They increase their earnings this year