Definition of growth

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Definition of growth

  • the gradual beginning or coming forth (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. emergence
    2. outgrowth
  • (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 (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. development
    2. growing
    3. maturation
    4. ontogenesis
    5. ontogeny
  • a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important (noun)

    Examples

    1. the growth of population

    Synonyms

    1. increase
    2. increment
  • a progression from simpler to more complex forms (noun)

    Examples

    1. the growth of culture
  • (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor) (noun)
  • something grown or growing (noun)

    Examples

    1. a growth of hair
  • vegetation that has grown (noun)

    Examples

    1. a growth of trees
    2. the only growth was some salt grass

See definition of growth in Merriam Webster