growth

Plural: growths

Noun

• The process of increasing in size, number, or importance.
• (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
• a progression from simpler to more complex forms
  • "the growth of culture"
• a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
  • "the growth of population"
• vegetation that has grown
  • "a growth of trees"
  • "the only growth was some salt grass"
• the gradual beginning or coming forth
• (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor)
• something grown or growing
  • "a growth of hair"
• An increase in size, number, value, or strength.
• Ellipsis of economic growth.
• An increase in psychological strength or resilience; an increased ability to overcome adversity.
• The act of growing, getting bigger or higher.
• Something that grows or has grown.
• An abnormal mass such as a tumor.

Examples

• 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.
• His strategic word placement showed significant GROWTH over several games.
• Struggle, disappointment, and criticism all contribute to a person's growth.

Synonyms

development, emergence, growing, increase, increment, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny, outgrowth, cancer, enlargement, expansion, mass, vegetation

Antonyms

decrease, decrement, nondevelopment, contraction, reduction