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Growth Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Growth? [n] the gradual beginning or coming forth; "figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece" [n] vegetation that has grown; "a growth of trees"; "the only growth was some salt grass" [n] something grown or growing; "a growth of hair" [n] the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level; "he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children" [n] a progression from simpler to more complex forms; "the growth of culture" [n] a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important; "the increase in unemployment"; "the growth of population" [n] (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor) Synonyms \| Synonyms for Growth: development \| emergence \| growing \| increase \| increment \| maturation \| ontogenesis \| ontogeny \| outgrowth Related Terms \| Find terms related to Growth: about-face \| abscess \| access \| accession \| accomplishment \| accretion \| accrual \| accruement \| accumulation \| addition \| advance \| advancement \| aggrandizement \| ague \| alchemy \| amplification \| anemia \| ankylosis \| anoxia \| apnea \| appreciation \| ascent \| asphyxiation \| assimilation \| assumption \| asthma \| ataxia \| atrophy \| augmentation \| backache \| ballooning \| becoming \| benign tumor \| bleeding \| blennorhea \| bloating \| blossoming \| boom \| boost \| bottoming out \| broadening \| budding \| buildup \| burgeoning \| business cycle \| business fluctuations \| bust \| cachexia \| cachexy \| callosity \| callus \| cancer \| carcinoma \| change \| change-over \| chill \| chills \| clump \| colic \| constipation \| conversion \| convulsion \| cooling off \| corn \| coughing \| crescendo \| crisis \| crop \| cultivation \| cyanosis \| cyst \| depression \| development \| developmental change \| diarrhea \| dizziness \| downturn \| dropsy \| dysentery \| dyspepsia \| dyspnea \| economic cycle \| economic expansion \| economic growth \| edema \| elaboration \| elevation \| emaciation \| enlargement \| evolution \| evolutionary change \| evolvement \| evolving \| excrescence \| expanding economy \| expansion \| explication \| extension \| fainting \| fatigue \| fever \| fibrillation \| flip-flop \| flood \| flowering \| flux \| fungosity \| fungus \| furtherance \| gain \| gemmation \| germination \| gradual change \| greatening \| gush \| hassock \| hemorrhage \| high blood pressure \| high growth rate \| hike \| hydrops \| hypertension \| hypotension \| icterus \| improvement \| increase \| increment \| indigestion \| inflammation \| inflation \| insomnia \| intumescence \| itching \| jaundice \| jump \| labored breathing \| lapse \| leap \| low \| low blood pressure \| lumbago \| lump \| luxuriation \| malignant growth \| marasmus \| market expansion \| maturation \| metastatic tumor \| mole \| morbid growth \| mounting \| multiplication \| nasal discharge \| natural development \| natural growth \| naturalization \| nausea \| necrosis \| neoplasm \| nevus \| nonmalignant tumor \| nonviolent change \| nurturing \| outgrowth \| overgrowth \| pain \| paralysis \| passage \| peak \| peaking \| plantation \| planting \| procreation \| productiveness \| progress \| progression \| proliferation \| prosperity \| proud flesh \| pruritus \| pullulation \| raise \| rash \| recession \| reconversion \| recovery \| reduction \| re-formation \| reproduction \| resolution \| reversal \| rheum \| ripening \| rise \| sarcoma \| sclerosis \| seizure \| shift \| shock \| skin eruption \| slowdown \| slump \| sneezing \| snowballing \| sore \| spasm \| spread \| sprouting \| stand \| success \| surge \| swelling \| switch \| switch-over \| tabes \| tachycardia \| transformation \| transit \| transition \| tuft \| tumescence \| tumor \| turning into \| tussock \| unfolding \| up \| upgrowth \| upping \| upset stomach \| upsurge \| upswing \| uptrend \| upturn \| vegetation \| verruca \| vertigo \| volte-face \| vomiting \| wart \| wasting \| waxing \| wen \| widening See Also \| accretion \| accumulation \| amelogenesis \| angiogenesis \| anthesis \| apposition \| auxesis \| beginning \| biological process \| blossoming \| broadening \| caenogenesis \| cainogenesis \| cenogenesis \| cohesion \| culture \| cytogenesis \| dentition \| efflorescence \| evolution \| excrescence \| exostosis \| flora \| florescence \| flowering \| foliation \| fructification \| gametogenesis \| gastrulation \| germination \| hamartoma \| illness \| inflorescence \| ingrowth \| intussusception \| juvenescence \| kainogenesis \| kenogenesis \| leafing \| life cycle \| malady \| masculinisation \| masculinization \| morphogenesis \| multiplication \| myelinisation \| myelinization \| neoplasm \| neurogenesis \| object \| odontiasis \| organic process \| palingenesis \| peduncle \| physical object \| polyp \| polypus \| population growth \| process \| proliferation \| psychomotor development \| psychosexual development \| pullulation \| recapitulation \| relaxation \| rise \| rooting \| sickness \| sprouting \| suppression \| teething \| teratogenesis \| tumor \| tumour \| unwellness \| vegetation \| vegetation \| virilisation \| virilization \| widening Growth In Webster's Dictionary \Growth\, n. [Icel. gro?r, gr??i. See {Grow}.] 1. The process of growing; the gradual increase of an animal or a vegetable body; the development from a seed, germ, or root, to full size or maturity; increase in size, number, frequency, strength, etc.; augmentation; advancement; production; prevalence or influence; as, the growth of trade; the growth of power; the growth of intemperance. Idle weeds are fast in growth. --Shak. 2. That which has grown or is growing; anything produced; product; consequence; effect; result. Nature multiplies her fertile growth. --Milton.

Growth Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Growth?

[n] the gradual beginning or coming forth; "figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece"
[n] vegetation that has grown; "a growth of trees"; "the only growth was some salt grass"
[n] something grown or growing; "a growth of hair"
[n] the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level; "he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children"
[n] a progression from simpler to more complex forms; "the growth of culture"
[n] a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important; "the increase in unemployment"; "the growth of population"
[n] (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor)

Growth In Webster's Dictionary

\Growth\, n. [Icel. gro?r, gr??i. See {Grow}.]
1. The process of growing; the gradual increase of an animal
   or a vegetable body; the development from a seed, germ, or
   root, to full size or maturity; increase in size, number,
   frequency, strength, etc.; augmentation; advancement;
   production; prevalence or influence; as, the growth of
   trade; the growth of power; the growth of intemperance.
   Idle weeds are fast in growth. --Shak.

2. That which has grown or is growing; anything produced;
   product; consequence; effect; result.

         Nature multiplies her fertile growth. --Milton.

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