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growth

/ growth /
noun

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
vegetation that has grown
"a growth of trees"
"the only growth was some salt grass"
Type of:
vegetation flora
Derived:
grow raise farm produce
noun Sense 2
something grown or growing
"a growth of hair"
Type of:
object physical object
Kinds of:
ingrowth
noun Sense 3
(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"
Opposites:
nondevelopment
Type of:
organic process biological process
Kinds of:
culture amelogenesis angiogenesis apposition auxesis
Derived:
develop grow produce get acquire
Domain:
biology biological science
noun Sense 4
a progression from simpler to more complex forms
"the growth of culture"
Type of:
development evolution
Derived:
mature maturate grow
noun Sense 5
(pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor)
Type of:
illness unwellness malady
Kinds of:
excrescence exostosis polyp polypus peduncle
Domain:
pathology
noun Sense 6
the gradual beginning or coming forth
"figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece"
Type of:
beginning
Kinds of:
rise
Derived:
originate arise rise develop uprise
noun Sense 7
a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
"the increase in unemployment"
"the growth of population"
Opposites:
decrease decrement
Type of:
process
Kinds of:
accession accretion accumulation multiplication population growth
Derived:
grow increase
Semantic Complexity
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Sense Count
7
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
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Times Searched
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vegetation flora object physical object ingrowth organic process biological process culture amelogenesis angiogenesis apposition auxesis