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Meaning of 'growth'
Meaning of 'growth' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Growth 
[ n.]
- The process of growing; the gradual increase of an animal
or a vegetable body; the development from a seed, germ, or root, to
full size or maturity; increase in size, number, frequency, strength,
etc.; augmentation; advancement; production; prevalence or influence;
as, the growth of trade; the growth of power; the growth of
intemperance. Idle weeds are fast in growth. [ n.]- That which has grown or is growing; anything produced; product; consequence; effect; result.
Meaning of 'growth' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. growth [ n]
[ n]Meaning (1):
- something grown or growing
- something grown or growing
Example in sentence:
- a growth of hair
Meaning (2):
- vegetation that has grown
- vegetation that has grown
Example in sentence:
- a growth of trees;
- the only growth was some salt grass
Meaning (3):
- the gradual beginning or coming forth
- the gradual beginning or coming forth
Example in sentence:
- figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece
Meaning (4):
- (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
- (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
Example in sentence:
- he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children
Meaning (5):
- a progression from simpler to more complex forms
- a progression from simpler to more complex forms
Example in sentence:
- the growth of culture
Meaning (6):
- a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
- a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
Example in sentence:
- the growth of population;
- the increase in unemployment
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