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Growth has 8 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level

"he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children"

2

a progression from simpler to more complex forms

"the growth of culture"

3

a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important

"the increase in unemployment"

"the growth of population"

4

vegetation that has grown

"a growth of trees"

"the only growth was some salt grass"

5

the gradual beginning or coming forth

"figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece"

6

(pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor)

"The biopsy confirmed that the lump was not just scar tissue but a malignant growth requiring immediate surgery."

7

something grown or growing

"a growth of hair"

8

An increase in size, number, value, or strength.

"The company's rapid growth over the last decade has allowed them to open branches across three continents."

In plain English: Growth is when something gets bigger or develops over time.

"The growth of the city has transformed the entire neighborhood over the last decade."

Usage: Use growth to describe any positive increase in size, quantity, value, or strength over time. It applies broadly to living things expanding, populations rising, or economic figures climbing.

Example Sentences
"The growth of the city has transformed the entire neighborhood over the last decade." noun
"The garden showed rapid growth after the first warm rains of spring." noun
"Her personal growth has been evident since she started volunteering at the shelter." noun
"We are seeing steady economic growth in the region this year." noun
Related Terms
crop plant tree mold false conception fibropellin nongrowth blight methoprene kondratiev wave cacoplastic savagery panniculus metabolism trichogenous tryptophan sidebone boom town growthless annotinous
Antonyms
nondevelopment decrement decrease
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
organic process development process vegetation beginning illness object
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
culture amelogenesis angiogenesis apposition auxesis blossoming cenogenesis cohesion cultivation cytogenesis foliation fructification gametogenesis germination habit infructescence intussusception juvenescence life cycle masculinization morphogenesis myelinization neurogenesis palingenesis proliferation psychogenesis psychomotor development psychosexual development rooting suppression teething teratogenesis vegetation accession accretion multiplication population growth pullulation relaxation widening rise excrescence exostosis polyp peduncle tumor hamartoma ingrowth

Origin

Growth comes from the verb grow combined with the suffix -th, which forms abstract nouns. Like its relatives in Germanic languages such as Old Norse and Middle High German, it originally referred to fresh vegetation or crops before entering English with this meaning.

Rhyming Words
wth gawth crwth sowth lowth newth lewth drawth slowth blowth strewth upgrowth edgrowth degrowth regrowth ingrowth epigrowth forslowth nongrowth outgrowth
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