incremental

CEFRB2

/ˌɪnkrəˈmɛntəl/

adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Increasing gradually through small steps.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Occurring over a series of gradual increments, or small steps.

Examples

  • I enjoy the slow buildup of progress in incremental games.

  • Incremental improvement is fine as long as the increments are large enough to see.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

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3
Parts of speech
1
Citations
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Synonyms
1

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meaning

  1. Pertaining to an increment.

More examples

In context

  • The replies to questions indicate that the technology provided noncontractually is generally more routine and incremental than that protected by contracts.

  • We perform a full backup on Sunday, including the file foo.dat. On Wednesday, having modified foo.dat, it is stored on an incremental backup.

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Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

The project required blank improvements over many months to avoid sudden changes.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

adjective

From increment + -al.