Suurenev

Suurenev is an Estonian term that functions as a present-participle adjective meaning “increasing” or “growing.” It describes processes, values, or trends that rise over time and is used in both everyday language and formal writing. The word commonly occurs before nouns, as in “suurenev trend” (an increasing trend), “suurenev tulude kasv” (rising income), or “suurenev osakaal” (growing share).

In technical contexts, suurenev is used to characterize mathematical or scientific phenomena that grow as another variable increases. For example, a function can be described as suurenev if its output does not decrease when the input increases. It also appears in economic, demographic, and environmental analyses to denote upward trajectories.

The adjective is formed with the present-participle suffix -ev and is related to the verb(s) that express increasing action, such as suurendama. The common antonym is vähenev, meaning decreasing, with related nouns like vähenemine.

Related terms include kasvav (growing), trend, and vähenev (decreasing).