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growth (grōt̸h)

noun

  1. the process of growing or developing; specif.,
    1. gradual development toward maturity
    2. formation and development
    1. degree of increase in size, weight, power, etc.
    2. the full extent of such increase
  3. something that grows or has grown a thick growth of grass
  4. an outgrowth or offshoot
  5. 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

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growth Synonyms

growth

n.

  1. The process of growing

    extension, organic development, germination; see increase 1.

  2. The result of growing

    completion, adulthood, fullness; see majority 2, maturity 3.

  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.


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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.

Adjective modifier

  • rapid: During the 16th century, the city grew rich with the rapid growth of trade with the Americas.

Modifies a noun

  • hormone: Growth hormone release from the anterior pituitary is under the control of two hypothalamic hormones.

Noun used with modifier

  • productivity: Allowing for these and for potential public sector productivity growth gives a picture similar to cash incomes.
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growth quotes

I don't know what it is about fecundity that so appals. I suppose it is the teeming evidence that birth and growth, which we value, are ubiquitous and blind, that life itself is so astonishingly cheap, that nature is as careless as it is bountiful, and that with extravagance goes a crushing waste that will one day include our own cheap lives.

-Dillard, Annie

Men are but children of a larger growth; Our appetites as apt to change as theirs, And full as craving too, and full as vain.

-Dryden,John

Even if I die in the service of this nation,I would be proud of it. Every drop of my blood,I am sure, will contribute to the growth of this nation and make it strong and dynamic.

-Gandhi, Indira Priyad Arshini

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