growth
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Etymology
From grow + -th. Compare North Frisian greyde (“growth, pasture”), Danish grøde (“fruits”), Swedish gröda (“crop, harvest”). More at grow.
[edit] Noun
growth (plural growths)
- an increase in size, number, value, or strength
- 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.
- (biology) the act of growing, getting bigger or higher
- (biology) something that grows or has grown
- (pathology) an abnormal mass such as a tumor
[edit] 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
[edit] Antonyms
- (increase in size): contraction, decrease, decrement, reduction
- (act of growing): nondevelopment
[edit] Derived terms
Terms derived from growth
[edit] Hyponyms
- (pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor): tumor
[edit] Translations
increase in size
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act of growing
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something that grows or has grown
pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor
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- Spanish: crecimiento
