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increasement

increasement noun: an increase; growth.

Noun

increasement (countable and uncountable, plural increasements)

  1. (rare) An increase; growth.
  2. (rare) An increment; an addition; augmentation.
    • ... diminishing the velocity with decreasements like to the increasements acquired in the descent1662, Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, Dialogue 2

Forms of increasement

pluralincreasements

Origin of increasement

From Middle English encresement; equivalent to increase + -ment.

Questions about increasement

What does increasement mean?
Increasement means an increase; growth.
What part of speech is increasement?
Increasement is a noun.
What is the plural of increasement?
The plural of increasement is increasements.

Words near increasement in the dictionary

  1. increasable
  2. increasableness
  3. increase
  4. increased
  5. increaseful
  6. increasement
  7. increasements
  8. increaser
  9. increasers
  10. increases
  11. increasest

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