decreasing

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English decrease

Proto-Indo-European *-onts

Proto-Germanic *-ndz

Proto-West Germanic *-andī

Old English -ende

Middle English -ynge

English -ing

English decreasing

From decrease + -ing (participial suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diˈkɹiːsɪŋ/

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• Hyphenation: de‧creas‧ing
• Rhymes: -iːsɪŋ

Adjective

decreasing (not comparable)

1. On the decrease.

Antonyms

• increasing

Derived terms

• decreasing function
• decreasingly
• monotonic decreasing
• non-decreasing
• nondecreasing
• strictly decreasing
• strictly decreasing function

Translations

on the decrease

• Asturian: decreciente
• Catalan: decreixent (ca)
• French: décroissant (fr)
• Galician: decrecente
• Italian: decrescente (it)
• Portuguese: decrescente (pt)
• Spanish: decreciente

Verb

decreasing

1. present participle and gerund of decrease

Noun

decreasing (plural decreasings)

1. (knitting) A decrease.
   • 2016, Mrs. Beeton, Book of Needlework, page 54:

     The number of stitches between the decreasings decreases with every round, so that the decreasings form slanting lines meeting in a point.

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