Collocations for "increasingly"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "increasingly" in context.
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increasingly
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adv
- am feeling increasingly [guilty, responsible] for
- has an increasingly important role in the [company, government]
- is becoming increasingly important [to, that]
- is becoming increasingly [popular, common]
- are becoming increasingly [boring, rare, unwanted]
- became increasingly [uneasy, nervous, worried, concerned, anxious]
- is becoming increasingly [necessary, difficult] (to)
- an increasingly complex [issue, problem, situation]
- is increasingly being used [to, as, by]
- it is increasingly clear to me (that)
- an increasingly diverse [city, work environment, population, market]
- is growing increasingly [concerned, alarmed, important]
- an increasingly [large, small] number of
- am becoming increasingly aware of the need for
- increasingly, we [are seeing, want, expect]
'increasingly' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
bad-tempered
- become
- blurred
- common
- competitive
- concern
- dependent
- deprived
- desperate
- fraught
- frequent
- frustrated
- have
- hostile
- impatient
- important
- irrelevant
- moot
- prevalent
- rare
- resort
- siege
- significant
- slow
- stressed
- vulnerable
- worried