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1) music to be played, a noise made, with increasing loudness (crescendo)

2) increasing in amount by one addition after another (cumulative)

3) large prize in various games, increasing in value until won (jackpot)

4) an instrument for increasing the volume of sound, as in telephones, radio etc (microphone)

5) making continuous forward movement; increasing by regular amounts (progressive)

6) increasing in position, rank etc; developing; growing (rising)

7) the soft yellow substance produced by bees and used for making honeycomb cells; a kind of substance similar to beeswax, used for making candles etc; to cover, polish or treat (furniture, wood etc) with wax; (of the moon) to show an increasing bright area (wax)

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addition

the process, result, of adding

process of conjoining, adding

chrysalis

the form taken by an insect (e.g. a butterfly) between the time when it creeps or crows (as a larva) and the time when it flies

growth

consecutive

coming one after the other in regular order

in sequence

continuation

the act of continuing

addition; maintenance

cumulative

increasing in amount by one addition after another

accruing; growing in size or effect

development

the act of developing or being developed (all senses); a new stage or event in a progress

growth

progressive

making continuous forward movement; increasing by regular amounts

liberal; growing

rising

increasing in position, rank etc; developing; growing

climbing

INCREASING as in Wiktionary
INCREASING as in Wikipedia