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1. (n.) growth
the act or process or a manner of growing; development; gradual increase.
2. growth
size or stage of development:
to reach one's full growth.
3. growth
completed development.
4. growth
development from a simpler to a more complex stage.
5. growth
development from another but related form or stage.
6. growth
something that has grown or developed:
a growth of weeds.
7. growth
an abnormal increase in a mass of tissue, as a tumor.
8. growth
origin:
tobacco of domestic growth.
9. (adj.) growth
of or designating a business, industry, or equity security that grows or is expected to grow in value, earnings, etc., at a rate higher than average:
a growth industry; growth stocks.
Etymology: (1550–60; see grow , -th1; prob. c. ON grōthr)
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| Definition of 'GROWTH' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis
(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. (noun) growth
a progression from simpler to more complex forms
"the growth of culture"
3. (noun) increase, increment, growth
a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
"the increase in unemployment"; "the growth of population"
4. (noun) growth
vegetation that has grown
"a growth of trees"; "the only growth was some salt grass"
5. (noun) emergence, outgrowth, growth
the gradual beginning or coming forth
"figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece"
6. (noun) growth
(pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor)
7. (noun) growth
something grown or growing
"a growth of hair"
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1. (noun) growth
an increase in size, amount, or degree
the high rate of growth in the textile industry; a period of rapid economic growth
2. growth
the process of developing physically or emotionally
fertilizers that stimulate the plant's growth; a child's emotional growth
3. growth
a lump in the body caused by disease
a cancerous growth
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| Definition of 'GROWTH' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) GROWTH
the process of growing; the gradual increase of an animal or a vegetable body; the development from a seed, germ, or root, to full size or maturity; increase in size, number, frequency, strength, etc.; augmentation; advancement; production; prevalence or influence; as, the growth of trade; the growth of power; the growth of intemperance. Idle weeds are fast in growth
2. (noun) GROWTH
that which has grown or is growing; anything produced; product; consequence; effect; result
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| Definition of 'GROWTH' |
U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. GROWTH
Gradual increase in the number, the size, and the complexity of cells of an individual. Growth generally results in increase in ORGAN WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; and BODY HEIGHT.
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Sense: the act or process of growing, increasing, developing etc
the growth of trade unionism.
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 Afrikaans: groei, ontwikkeling |
 Arabic: نُمو، تَطَوُّر |
 Bulgarian: растеж |
 Brazilian: crescimento |
 Czech: růst |
 German: das Wachsen |
 Danish: vækst |
 Greek: ανάπτυξη, επέκταση |
 Spanish: crecimiento, desarrollo |
 Estonian: kasv |
 Farsi: رشد؛ افزایش |
 Finnish: kasvu |
 French: croissance |
 Hebrew: צמיחה/גדילה |
 Hindi: वृद्धि |
 Croatian: rast |
 Hungarian: (ki)fejlődés |
 Indonesian: perkembangan |
 Icelandic: vöxtur |
 Italian: crescita |
 Japanese: 成長 |
 Korean: 성장, 발육 |
 Lithuanian: augimas, plėtotė |
 Latvian: augšana; attīstība |
 Malay: pertumbuhan |
 Dutch: groei |
 Norwegian: vekst |
 Polish: wzrost |
 Persian: رشد؛ افزایش |
 Pashto: افزایش |
 Portuguese: crescimento |
 Romanian: creştere |
 Russian: рост |
 Slovak: rast |
 Slovenian: rast |
 Serbian: rast |
 Swedish: utveckling |
 Thai: การเจริญเติบโต |
 Turkish: büyüme |
 Taiwanese: 成長 |
 Ukrainian: зростання; розвиток |
 Urdu: نمو، افزائش کا عمل |
 Vietnamese: sự phát triển |
 Chinese: 生长，发展，成长 |
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