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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
growth
n 1: (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" [syn: growth, growing,
maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis]
[ant: nondevelopment]
2: a progression from simpler to more complex forms; "the growth
of culture"
3: a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or
more important; "the increase in unemployment"; "the growth
of population" [syn: increase, increment, growth] [ant:
decrease, decrement]
4: vegetation that has grown; "a growth of trees"; "the only
growth was some salt grass"
5: the gradual beginning or coming forth; "figurines presage the
emergence of sculpture in Greece" [syn: emergence,
outgrowth, growth]
6: (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a
tumor)
7: something grown or growing; "a growth of hair"
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Growth \Growth\ (gr[=o]th), n. [Icel. gr[=o][eth]r,
gr[=o][eth]i. See Grow.]
1. 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. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
2. That which has grown or is growing; anything produced;
product; consequence; effect; result.
[1913 Webster]
Nature multiplies her fertile growth. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
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Thesaurus Results for growth:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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