{
    "term": "increasingly",
    "partOfSpeech": "adverb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "more and more all the time",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Tourism is playing an **increasingly important** role in the region's economy"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**increasingly difficult/popular**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is becoming increasingly clear that this problem will not be easily solved."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is looking increasingly likely that no agreement will be reached."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Doctors are growing increasingly concerned about his condition."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Increasingly, training is taking place in the office rather than outside it."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Change, cause and effect"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈkriːsɪŋli/",
                "audio": "in/increasingly/increasingly__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈkriːsɪŋli/",
                "audio": "in/increasingly/increasingly__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}