English Explanatory Dictionary

growth

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An increase in size, number, value, or strength.
  2. Ellipsis of economic growth.
  3. An increase in psychological strength or resilience; an increased ability to overcome adversity.
  4. The act of growing, getting bigger or higher.
  5. Something that grows or has grown.
  6. An abnormal mass such as a tumor.

Pronunciation

/ɡɹoʊθ/ /ɡɹəʊθ/ /ɡɹʌot/ en-us-growth.ogg

Word forms

growth growths

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.

Synonyms

cancer mass enlargement expansion increase increment development maturation vegetation outgrowth

Antonyms

contraction decrease decrement reduction nondevelopment

Derived words

aftergrowth antigrowth autogrowth bottom growth bovine growth hormone chain growth polymerization cogrowth degrowth diauxic growth economic growth edgrowth epigrowth establishment growth exponential growth geometric growth grand period of growth growth arrest line growth cone growth factor growth form growthful growth hacker growth hacking growth hormone growth investing growthism growthist growthless growthmania growth medium growth mindset growth plate growth rate growth retardation growth-retarding growth ring growthsome growth spurt growth stock growthwise growthy hemiperipheral growth high-growth holoperipheral growth hypergrowth ingrowth intergrowth logistic growth macrogrowth megagrowth microgrowth misgrowth mixoperipheral growth negative growth nerve growth factor nongrowth old-growth old-growth forest organic growth outgrowth
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