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growth

/ɡɹoʊθ/noun1 syllable

Growth means: (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.

Synonyms for growth14

noun, as in (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

growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis

noun, as in a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important

increase, increment

noun, as in the gradual beginning or coming forth

emergence, outgrowth

also used for growth

enlargement, expansion, vegetation, cancer, mass

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What does growth mean?7

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 process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important“the increase in unemployment”

3

the gradual beginning or coming forth“figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece”

4

a progression from simpler to more complex forms“the growth of culture”

5

vegetation that has grown“a growth of trees”

6

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

7

something grown or growing“a growth of hair”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with growth?3

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Growth in a sentence

  • When economic growth stagnates or even declines, debts cannot be reduced.AlanF_US
  • Bad government just redistributes the income, but good government supports economic growth.KPX
  • Tourism, the primary economic activity, is the main driver of economic growth.The_World_Factbook
  • Volatile aid and investment inflows have limited growth, and poverty remains high.The_World_Factbook
  • In recent years, economic growth has been driven by mining - particularly iron ore.The_World_Factbook
  • Last fiscal quarter, the country's economic growth fell.DJ_Saidez
  • The more worthless the plant, the more rapid and splendid is its growth.CM
  • Women, then, are only children of a larger growth.unknown

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Forms of growth

as a noun

plural
growths