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- Dictionarygrowth/ɡrəʊθ/
noun
- 1. the process of increasing in size: "the upward growth of plants" Similar Opposite
- 2. something that has grown or is growing: "a day's growth of unshaven stubble on his chin"
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1. a. : stage or condition reached in growing : size. the dog hasn't reached full growth. b. : a process of growing especially through an increase in size or amount. a growth of wealth. good nutrition promotes growth. growth of a crystal.
the process of developing or of increasing in size: [ U ] Plant growth is most noticeable in spring. [ U ] His budget is designed to promote economic growth in this country. A growth is also tissue growing on the outside or inside of a person, animal, or plant which is caused by a disease.
The noun growth is the process of something becoming bigger. If you mentioned the growth of your family, you might mean that babies were born or people got married, increasing your family's size. Growth is an increase in physical size, like the growth of a sapling into a mature tree.
noun. the act or process, or a manner of growing; growing; development; gradual increase. Synonyms: expansion, augmentation. Antonyms: decrease, decline. size or stage of development: It hasn't yet reached its full growth. completed development. development from a simpler to a more complex stage: the growth of ritual forms.
1. the act or process or a manner of growing; development; gradual increase. 2. size or stage of development: to reach one's full growth. 3. completed development. 4. development from a simpler to a more complex stage. 5. development from another but related form or stage.
The growth of something such as an industry, organization, or idea is its development in size, wealth, or importance.
growth meaning, definition, what is growth: an increase in amount, number, or size: Learn more.
adjective. Expected to have or investing in businesses expected to have higher-than-average increases in revenues and returns. A growth stock; a growth fund. American Heritage. Of or designating a stock, mutual fund, etc. or a company, industry, etc. whose value or earnings grow at a rate above average. Webster's New World.
[uncountable] an increase in economic activity. policies aimed at sustaining economic growth. a period of slow growth. a disappointing year of little growth in Britain and America. strong/continued/future growth. The country is experiencing a period of high growth. to stimulate/promote/drive growth. to experience/achieve growth.
the process of developing or of increasing in size: [ U ] Plant growth is most noticeable in spring. [ U ] His budget is designed to promote economic growth in this country. A growth is also tissue growing on the outside or inside of a person, animal, or plant which is caused by a disease.
