growth
Etymology Pronunciation Noun
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Etymology Pronunciation Noun
growth
- An increase in size, number, value, or strength.
- (economics) Ellipsis of economic growth
- 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.
- An increase in psychological strength or resilience; an increased ability to overcome adversity.
- Struggle, disappointment, and criticism all contribute to a person's growth.
- (biology) The act of growing, getting bigger or higher.
- (biology) Something that grows or has grown.
- (pathology) An abnormal mass such as a tumor.
- (increase in size) enlargement, expansion, increase, increment
- (act of growing) development, maturation
- (something that grows or has grown) vegetation
- (pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor) outgrowth, cancer, mass
- (antonym(s) of “increase in size”): contraction, decrease, decrement, reduction
- (antonym(s) of “act of growing”): nondevelopment
- French: croissance
- German: Wachstum
- Italian: crescita
- Portuguese: acréscimo, crescimento
- Russian: рост
- Spanish: crecimiento
- German: Wachstum
- Italian: crescita
- Portuguese: crescimento
- Russian: рост
- Spanish: crecimiento
- German: Bewuchs, Vegetation, Wuchs, Bewucherung
- Russian: по́росль
- French: croissance
- German: Geschwulst, Wucherung
- Italian: crescita, accrescimento
- Portuguese: crescimento
- Russian: наро́ст
- Spanish: crecimiento
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