increment

About 2.90 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The action of increasing or becoming greater.
2. noun The amount of increase.
3. noun An amplification without strict climax, as in the following passage: "Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report, […] think on these things."
4. noun The amount of time added to a player's clock after each move.
5. noun A syllable in excess of the number of the nominative singular or the second-person singular present indicative.
6. verb To increase by steps or by a step, especially by one.

Similar words

increase growth increasing growing augment augmentation enhancement raise progression enhance

Often followed by

of in is to the and for or was

Word family

increments