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Meaning & Definition of Growth in English

English

Growth

/groʊθ/

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"
synonym:
  • growth,
  • growing,
  • maturation,
  • development,
  • ontogeny,
  • ontogenesis

2. A progression from simpler to more complex forms

  • "The growth of culture"
synonym:
  • growth

3. A process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important

  • "The increase in unemployment"
  • "The growth of population"
synonym:
  • increase,
  • increment,
  • growth

4. Vegetation that has grown

  • "A growth of trees"
  • "The only growth was some salt grass"
synonym:
  • growth

5. The gradual beginning or coming forth

  • "Figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in greece"
synonym:
  • emergence,
  • outgrowth,
  • growth

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

synonym:
  • growth

7. Something grown or growing

  • "A growth of hair"
synonym:
  • growth

Examples of using

This growth ought to be removed immediately.
Tom has a growth on his arm.
Tom has a two days' growth of beard.