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noun
- 1. the process of increasing in size: "the upward growth of plants" Similar Opposite
- 2. something that has grown or is growing: "a day's growth of unshaven stubble on his chin"
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the process of developing or of increasing in size: [ U ] Plant growth is most noticeable in spring. [ U ] His budget is designed to promote economic growth in this country. A growth is also tissue growing on the outside or inside of a person, animal, or plant which is caused by a disease.
1. a (1) : a stage in the process of growing : size. (2) : full growth. b. : the process of growing. c. : progressive development : evolution. d. : increase, expansion. the growth of the oil industry. 2. a. : something that grows or has grown. a growth of willows. b. : an abnormal proliferation of tissue (such as a tumor) c. : outgrowth. d.
the act or process, or a manner of growing; growing; development; gradual increase. Synonyms: expansion, augmentation. Antonyms: decrease, decline. size or stage of development: It hasn't yet reached its full growth. completed development. development from a simpler to a more complex stage: the growth of ritual forms.
The growth of something such as an industry, organization, or idea is its development in size, wealth, or importance.
the process of developing or of increasing in size: [ U ] Plant growth is most noticeable in spring. [ U ] His budget is designed to promote economic growth in this country. A growth is also tissue growing on the outside or inside of a person, animal, or plant which is caused by a disease.
growth. ( ɡrəʊθ) n. 1. (Biology) the process or act of growing, esp in organisms following assimilation of food. 2. an increase in size, number, significance, etc. 3. something grown or growing: a new growth of hair. 4. a stage of development. 5. (Pathology) any abnormal tissue, such as a tumour.
The noun growth is the process of something becoming bigger. If you mentioned the growth of your family, you might mean that babies were born or people got married, increasing your family's size. Growth is an increase in physical size, like the growth of a sapling into a mature tree.
[uncountable] the process in people, animals or plants of growing physically, mentally or emotionally. Lack of water will stunt the plant's growth. Remove dead leaves to encourage new growth. nutrients for plant growth. a concern with personal (= mental and emotional) growth and development.
growth meaning, definition, what is growth: an increase in amount, number, or size: Learn more.
Expected to have or investing in businesses expected to have higher-than-average increases in revenues and returns. A growth stock; a growth fund. American Heritage. Of or designating a stock, mutual fund, etc. or a company, industry, etc. whose value or earnings grow at a rate above average. Webster's New World.
