growth Definition
growth (grōt̸h)
noun
- the process of growing or developing; specif.,
- gradual development toward maturity
- formation and development
- degree of increase in size, weight, power, etc.
- the full extent of such increase
- something that grows or has grown a thick growth of grass
- an outgrowth or offshoot
- a tumor or other abnormal mass of tissue developed in or on the body
adjective
of or designating a stock, mutual fund, etc. or a company, industry, etc. whose value or earnings grow at a rate above average
growth Synonyms
growth
n.
The process of growing
extension, organic development, germination; see increase 1.The result of growing
completion, adulthood, fullness; see majority 2, maturity 3.An organic excrescence
tumor, cancer, swelling, mass, lump, mole, fungus, parasite, outgrowth, button, thickening, fibrousness, fribrous tissue, cancroid, X-ray shadow; see also bulge.
growth Usage Examples
Preposition: of
bacterium: It's function is to keep the surface wet, preventing damage and to inhibit the growth of bacteria.
Converse of object
- stimulate: The most obvious effect is that it stimulates linear growth of the skeleton.
- inhibit: Water extracts from the roots and foliage have been shown to inhibit plant growth.
- accelerate: It might smell like a fisherman's armpit, but it is very good at improving microbial activity and helps accelerate growth.
Adjective modifier
- rapid: During the 16th century, the city grew rich with the rapid growth of trade with the Americas.
- economic: Economic growth needs a continuing growth in demand for oil.
- continued: With continued growth they are looking for Software Engineers to join a highly experienced team.
- sustained: My client based in Cardiff is an established manufacturing company, currently experiencing a period of sustained growth.
- sustainable: Its aim is to deliver high quality, sustainable growth in England.
- organic: Due to organic growth they are they are looking for the next shining star to fill some very large boots.
Modifies a noun
- hormone: Growth hormone release from the anterior pituitary is under the control of two hypothalamic hormones.
- spurt: Georgian An early 18th-century growth spurt transformed Dublin into the next largest British city after London.
- rate: The annual growth rate equates to a decline of 0.4 % in real terms.
- factor: It is thought that the growth factor speeds up the movement of cells into the wounds.
- retardation: Near-term rat fetuses showed growth retardation, again at maternally toxic doses.
Noun used with modifier
- productivity: Allowing for these and for potential public sector productivity growth gives a picture similar to cash incomes.
- population: To many environmentalists, it's a puzzle how anyone could doubt the urgency of checking human population growth.
- earning: But even when bonuses are stripped out, earnings growth slowed to 3.9 % , the lowest since February 2004.
- hair: Hair growth vitamins can be made to make your hair grow faster or help hair loss.
- cent: Other notable rising markets in the survey included Bulgaria which rose by 20.5 per cent and Denmark which has experienced 15.4 per cent growth.
Browse dictionary entries near growth
- ‹ grown-up
- ‹ grown
- ‹ growler
- ‹ growl
- ‹ growing point
- ‹ growing pains
- ‹ growing
- ‹ grower
- ‹ grow
- ‹ groveling
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