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increasingly

US /ɪnˈkrisɪŋli/

adverb Core · B1 Kinh doanh chung

Definition

advancing in amount or intensity

Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.

Examples

Customers are increasingly choosing to shop online instead of in stores.

Word Family

NounNoun
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VerbVerb
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AdjectiveAdj
increasing
AdverbAdv
increasingly gốc

Synonyms

  • progressivelyadvancing in amount or intensity
  • more and morehaving a meaning similar to increasingly

Collocations

  • Easy increasingly popular
    describing increasingly popular (advancing in amount or intensity)
  • Medium increasingly difficult to meet targets
    describing increasingly difficult to meet targets (advancing in amount or intensity)
  • Hard increasingly polarized geopolitical landscape
    describing increasingly polarized geopolitical landscape (advancing in amount or intensity)
  • Very Hard increasingly untenable debt ratio
    describing increasingly untenable debt ratio (advancing in amount or intensity)

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