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   growth

   /ɡrəʊθ/

   noun

   • 1. the process of increasing in size: "the upward growth of plants" Similar growingextensionwideningthickeningbroadeningheighteningswellingmagnificationballooningdevelopmentmaturationgrowinggerminationshooting upspringing upsproutingbloomingflourishingthrivingrare:vegetationburgeoningpullulationOpposite shrinkingwithering
   • ▪ the process of developing physically, mentally, or spiritually: "keeping a journal can be a vital step in our personal growth" Similar expansiondevelopmentprogressadvanceadvancementheadwayimprovementfurtheranceextensionspreadbuildoutescalationrisesuccessthrivingflourishingbloomingboomupturnupswingOpposite declinefailure
   • ▪ the process of increasing in amount, value, or importance: "the rates of population growth are lowest in the north" Similar increaseexpansionaugmentationproliferationmultiplicationenlargementamplificationmushroomingsnowballingriseescalationbuild-updevelopmentevolutionOpposite decrease
   • ▪ the increase in number and spread of small or microscopic organisms: "some additives slow down the growth of microorganisms"
   • ▪ increase in economic activity or value: "the government aims to get growth back into the economy"
   • 2. something that has grown or is growing: "a day's growth of unshaven stubble on his chin"
   • ▪ a tumour or other abnormal formation: "the method enables doctors to distinguish between malignant and benign growths" Similar tumourcancerous growthmalignant growthmalignancycancerlumpoutgrowthswellingprotuberanceprotrusionknobnodulecystpolyptechnical:processbullarare:excrescenceintumescencetumescencetumefaction
   • 3. a vineyard or crop of grapes of a specified classification of quality, or a wine from it: "all growths within the legally delimited Champagne zone are classified"

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