GROWTH

emergence, outgrowth, growth

(noun) the gradual beginning or coming forth; “figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece”

growth

(noun) vegetation that has grown; “a growth of trees”; “the only growth was some salt grass”

growth

(noun) something grown or growing; “a growth of hair”

growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis

(noun) (biology) 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”

growth

(noun) a progression from simpler to more complex forms; “the growth of culture”

increase, increment, growth

(noun) a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important; “the increase in unemployment”; “the growth of population”

growth

(noun) (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor)

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

growth (countable and uncountable, plural growths)

An increase in size, number, value, or strength.

(biology) The act of growing, getting bigger or higher.

(biology) Something that grows or has grown.

(pathology) An abnormal mass such as a tumor.

Synonyms

• (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

Antonyms

• (increase in size): contraction, decrease, decrement, reduction

• (act of growing): nondevelopment

Hyponyms

• (pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor): tumor

Source: Wiktionary

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Growth, n. Etym: [Icel. groGrow.]

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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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