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growth

UK/ɡɹəʊθ/ US/ɡɹoʊθ/ fairly common

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”
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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”
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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”
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7.

something grown or growing

  • “a growth of hair”

Origin

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.

Phrases

  • bottom growth Terms derived from growth
  • bovine growth hormone Terms derived from growth
  • chain growth polymerization Terms derived from growth
  • diauxic growth Terms derived from growth
  • economic growth Terms derived from growth
  • establishment growth Terms derived from growth
  • exponential growth Terms derived from growth
  • geometric growth Terms derived from growth

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