growth
(noun)
noun
1. (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
Similar word(s): development, growing, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny
Definition categories: process
2. a progression from simpler to more complex forms
- the growth of culture
Definition categories: process, development, evolution
3. a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
- the growth of population
Similar word(s): increase, increment
Definition categories: process
4. vegetation that has grown
- a growth of trees
- the only growth was some salt grass
Definition categories: group, botany, flora, vegetation
5. the gradual beginning or coming forth
Similar word(s): emergence, outgrowth
Definition categories: event, beginning
6. (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor)
Definition categories: state, illness, malady, sickness, unwellness
7. something grown or growing
- a growth of hair
Definition categories: object
Sentences with growth as a noun:
- Growth was dampened by a softening of the global economy in 2001, but picked up in the subsequent years due to strong growth in China.