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Growth

//ɡɹoʊθ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An increase in size, number, value, or strength. countable, uncountable

    "It may be that a free society as we have known it carries in itself the forces of its own destruction, that once freedom has been achieved it is taken for granted and ceases to be valued, and that the free growth of ideas which is the essence of a free society will bring about the destruction of the foundations on which it depends."

  2. 2
    the gradual beginning or coming forth wordnet
  3. 3
    Ellipsis of economic growth. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable

    "Growth was dampened by a softening of the global economy in 2001, but picked up in the subsequent years due to strong growth in China."

  4. 4
    vegetation that has grown wordnet
  5. 5
    An increase in psychological strength or resilience; an increased ability to overcome adversity. countable, uncountable

    "Struggle, disappointment, and criticism all contribute to a person's growth."

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  1. 6
    something grown or growing wordnet
  2. 7
    The act of growing, getting bigger or higher. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    (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 wordnet
  4. 9
    Something that grows or has grown. countable, uncountable

    "Scary-looking rabbits were hopping around Fort Collins. These weren’t your standard cute, fluffy bunnies; they had horn-like growths protruding from their faces and bodies."

  5. 10
    a progression from simpler to more complex forms wordnet
  6. 11
    An abnormal mass such as a tumor. countable, uncountable
  7. 12
    a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important wordnet
  8. 13
    (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor) wordnet

Etymology

From grow + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Compare Old Frisian grēd ("meadow, pasture"; > North Frisian greyde (“growth, pasture”)), Middle High German gruote, gruot (“greens, fresh growth, shoot”), Old Norse gróðr ("growth, crop"; > Faroese grøði, Danish grøde (“fruits”), Swedish gröda (“crop, harvest”)). More at grow.

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