Incrementally
adverb
Increasing or adding on slowly, in small amounts or steps.
The company has been incrementally increasing its revenue over the years.
Often appears as...
- incrementally increasing
- incrementally improving
adverb
Making changes or advancements in a measured or careful way.
The software was incrementally updated to fix bugs and improve performance.
Often appears as...
- incrementally updated
- incrementally developed
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Technical
adverb
At a growing rate over a period of time.
The country's GDP has grown incrementally over the past decade.
Often appears as...
- incrementally grown
- incrementally increased
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Academic
adverb
Increasing or adding on slowly, in small amounts or steps.
The company has been incrementally increasing its revenue over the years.
Often appears as...
- incrementally increasing
- incrementally improving
adverb
Making changes or advancements in a measured or careful way.
The software was incrementally updated to fix bugs and improve performance.
Often appears as...
- incrementally updated
- incrementally developed
Usage tips
Technical
adverb
At a growing rate over a period of time.
The country's GDP has grown incrementally over the past decade.
Often appears as...
- incrementally grown
- incrementally increased
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Slow Progression
Describes an action or process developing slowly, emphasizing patience or gradual improvement.
She is incrementally mastering the English language.
Pro Tip 2/3Minimal Increases
Often used when the amount of increase is small but consistent over time.
My savings account has grown incrementally each month.
Pro Tip 3/3Achieving Goals
Use it to express the idea of moving towards a goal bit by bit.
I'm incrementally approaching my weight loss target.
Pro Tip 1/3Slow Progression
Describes an action or process developing slowly, emphasizing patience or gradual improvement.
She is incrementally mastering the English language.
Pro Tip 2/3Minimal Increases
Often used when the amount of increase is small but consistent over time.
My savings account has grown incrementally each month.
Pro Tip 3/3Achieving Goals
Use it to express the idea of moving towards a goal bit by bit.
I'm incrementally approaching my weight loss target.
Pro Tip 1/3Slow Progression
Describes an action or process developing slowly, emphasizing patience or gradual improvement.
She is incrementally mastering the English language.
Pro Tip 2/3Minimal Increases
Often used when the amount of increase is small but consistent over time.
My savings account has grown incrementally each month.
Pro Tip 3/3Achieving Goals
Use it to express the idea of moving towards a goal bit by bit.
I'm incrementally approaching my weight loss target.
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The Art of Shaping a...
could be done and better than the day before and know that tomorrow you're going to do it better than you did that day so I think a master is somebody that has the work ethic that has the discipline that has the passion and has the talent you know to do what they do every day incrementally better until the day they
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We need to green the...
to others to be more ambitious or to change their practices or also is that what you're suggesting this kind of dynamics yeah and this sort of dynamic way of thinking about the future is really important because mostly we think very linearly and incrementally and so we're always surprised at how fast things
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Where's Google going...
and things like that, improving voice recognition. We used a lot of machine learning to improve things incrementally, but I think for me, this example's really exciting, because it's one program that can do a lot of different things. I don't know if we can do this, but we've got the image of the cat.
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Chris Urmson: How a...
or asking friends and family for a ride. He doesn't have that same freedom that you and I have to get around. We should do something about that. Now, conventional wisdom would say that we'll just take these driver assistance systems and we'll kind of push them and incrementally improve them,
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Tom Chatfield: 7 ways...
It's the simple idea that instead of grading people incrementally in little bits and pieces, you give them one profile character avatar which is constantly progressing in tiny, tiny, tiny little increments which they feel are their own. And everything comes towards that,
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Breaking the illusion of...
ultraviolet radiation at the Earth's surface now the really hot pink and red areas are those parts of the world that received the highest amounts of UV during the year the incrementally cooler colors blues greens yellows and finally
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Nina Jablonski breaks...
show the annual average ultraviolet radiation at the Earth's surface. Now the really hot pink and red areas are those parts of the world that receive the highest amounts of UV during the year. The incrementally cooler colors --
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Niels Diffrient:...
So I spent a long time. I said I worked eight or nine years on it. And each of these things went along sort of in parallel but incrementally were a problem of their own. I worked a long time on figuring out
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Michael Porter: Why...
That's shared value. Shared value is capitalism, but it's a higher kind of capitalism. It's capitalism as it was ultimately meant to be, meeting important needs, not incrementally competing for
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How a Woman's Donated...
the remainder of the block so once we have the section of the specimen that we want to cut we have a circular blade that rotates and the blade moves down incrementally on that specimen to the
Video examples
The Art of Shaping a...
could be done and better than the day before and know that tomorrow you're going to do it better than you did that day so I think a master is somebody that has the work ethic that has the discipline that has the passion and has the talent you know to do what they do every day incrementally better until the day they
Video examples
We need to green the...
to others to be more ambitious or to change their practices or also is that what you're suggesting this kind of dynamics yeah and this sort of dynamic way of thinking about the future is really important because mostly we think very linearly and incrementally and so we're always surprised at how fast things
Video examples
Where's Google going...
and things like that, improving voice recognition. We used a lot of machine learning to improve things incrementally, but I think for me, this example's really exciting, because it's one program that can do a lot of different things. I don't know if we can do this, but we've got the image of the cat.
Video examples
Chris Urmson: How a...
or asking friends and family for a ride. He doesn't have that same freedom that you and I have to get around. We should do something about that. Now, conventional wisdom would say that we'll just take these driver assistance systems and we'll kind of push them and incrementally improve them,
Video examples
Tom Chatfield: 7 ways...
It's the simple idea that instead of grading people incrementally in little bits and pieces, you give them one profile character avatar which is constantly progressing in tiny, tiny, tiny little increments which they feel are their own. And everything comes towards that,
Video examples
Breaking the illusion of...
ultraviolet radiation at the Earth's surface now the really hot pink and red areas are those parts of the world that received the highest amounts of UV during the year the incrementally cooler colors blues greens yellows and finally
Video examples
Nina Jablonski breaks...
show the annual average ultraviolet radiation at the Earth's surface. Now the really hot pink and red areas are those parts of the world that receive the highest amounts of UV during the year. The incrementally cooler colors --
Video examples
Niels Diffrient:...
So I spent a long time. I said I worked eight or nine years on it. And each of these things went along sort of in parallel but incrementally were a problem of their own. I worked a long time on figuring out
Video examples
Michael Porter: Why...
That's shared value. Shared value is capitalism, but it's a higher kind of capitalism. It's capitalism as it was ultimately meant to be, meeting important needs, not incrementally competing for
Video examples
How a Woman's Donated...
the remainder of the block so once we have the section of the specimen that we want to cut we have a circular blade that rotates and the blade moves down incrementally on that specimen to the
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Jacky Rosen
American Politician
One thing you have to be very careful on when you work in health care is this: when you make a sweeping change, you can't wait to see what falls through the cracks. What could fall through the cracks is somebody's life. You need to move thoughtfully and carefully with a plan incrementally.
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Tom Vilsack
American Politician
My friends, history, history calls us to this time and to this place. A solemn choice rests with us - where do we go from here? Do we move slowly and incrementally? Or do we seize the challenge of our time and tackle the great issues of our day.
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John Allison
British Artist
My comics have changed so much over the years, in the writing, in art style, sometimes incrementally, sometimes quite suddenly. So I've cultivated an audience who will go along with me because they trust me.
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John C. Reilly
American Actor
From the first time I did a movie, people have said, 'Oh, it's all going to change now.' And it would change, but very incrementally. I think I prefer that to some big explosion of fame all of the sudden.
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Will Wright
American Scientist
The Sims is kind of an interesting case because we had all these expansion packs. We were able to incrementally add on and explore without invading the core dynamic or the core game play.
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Gillian Flynn
American Author
I assumed that 'Gone Girl' would do incrementally better than 'Dark Places,' and that would be great. So the fact that it did more than that was kind of an incredibly pleasant surprise.
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Astro Teller
English Scientist
Why shoot for the moon? It matters because when you try to do something radically hard, you approach the problem differently than when you try to make something incrementally better.
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Edmund Phelps
American Economist
My view is that innovation has declined in the everyday processes that businesses tinker with incrementally as they try to become more productive over time.
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James Forman, Jr.
American Lawyer
Mass incarceration will have to be dismantled the same way it was constructed: piecemeal, incrementally and, above all, locally.
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Paul Bettany
English Actor
You can end up living your life pretty incrementally, and that's boring.
Quote examples
Jacky Rosen
American Politician
One thing you have to be very careful on when you work in health care is this: when you make a sweeping change, you can't wait to see what falls through the cracks. What could fall through the cracks is somebody's life. You need to move thoughtfully and carefully with a plan incrementally.
Quote examples
Tom Vilsack
American Politician
My friends, history, history calls us to this time and to this place. A solemn choice rests with us - where do we go from here? Do we move slowly and incrementally? Or do we seize the challenge of our time and tackle the great issues of our day.
Quote examples
John Allison
British Artist
My comics have changed so much over the years, in the writing, in art style, sometimes incrementally, sometimes quite suddenly. So I've cultivated an audience who will go along with me because they trust me.
Quote examples
John C. Reilly
American Actor
From the first time I did a movie, people have said, 'Oh, it's all going to change now.' And it would change, but very incrementally. I think I prefer that to some big explosion of fame all of the sudden.
Quote examples
Will Wright
American Scientist
The Sims is kind of an interesting case because we had all these expansion packs. We were able to incrementally add on and explore without invading the core dynamic or the core game play.
Quote examples
Gillian Flynn
American Author
I assumed that 'Gone Girl' would do incrementally better than 'Dark Places,' and that would be great. So the fact that it did more than that was kind of an incredibly pleasant surprise.
Quote examples
Astro Teller
English Scientist
Why shoot for the moon? It matters because when you try to do something radically hard, you approach the problem differently than when you try to make something incrementally better.
Quote examples
Edmund Phelps
American Economist
My view is that innovation has declined in the everyday processes that businesses tinker with incrementally as they try to become more productive over time.
Quote examples
James Forman, Jr.
American Lawyer
Mass incarceration will have to be dismantled the same way it was constructed: piecemeal, incrementally and, above all, locally.
Quote examples
Paul Bettany
English Actor
You can end up living your life pretty incrementally, and that's boring.
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