growth
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growth
- /ɡɹoʊθ/ US
- /ɡɹəʊθ/ UK
- /ɡɹʌot/
Rhymes with -əʊθ
Where it comes from
From grow + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Compare Old Frisian grēd ("meadow, pasture"; > North Frisian greyde (“growth, pasture”)), Middle High German gruote, gruot (“greens, fresh growth, shoot”), Old Norse gróðr ("growth, crop"; > Faroese grøði, Danish grøde (“fruits”), Swedish gröda (“crop, harvest”)). More at grow.
noun growths
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An increase in size, number, value, or strength.
Nanoelectronics is one of the area's few growth industries .
Similar: enlargement, expansion, increase, increment
- Ellipsis of economic growth 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.
- An increase in psychological strength or resilience; an increased ability to overcome adversity. Struggle, disappointment, and criticism all contribute to a person's growth.
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The act of growing, getting bigger or higher.
Similar: development, maturation
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Something that grows or has grown.
Scary-looking rabbits were hopping around Fort Collins. These weren’t your standard cute, fluffy bunnies; they had horn-like growths protruding from their faces and bodies.
Similar: vegetation
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An abnormal mass such as a tumor.
Similar: outgrowth
Similar: cancer, mass · Opposite: contraction, decrease, decrement, reduction, nondevelopment
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: growing, increase, increment, emergence, development, maturation, ontogeny, ontogenesis, outgrowth, grow, increasing, enlargement, expand, augmentation, extension, enhancement
noun
Similar: cancer, mass · Opposite: contraction, decrease, decrement, reduction, nondevelopment
Translations
Every language
noun increase in size
| Español | crecimiento |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 성장 seongjang, 생장 saengjang |
| 日本語 | 成長 seichō, 生長 seichō |
| 中文 | 生長 /生长 shēngzhǎng |
| हिन्दी | विकास vikās, वर्धन vardhan |
| Kiswahili | ukuaji |
| Português | acréscimo, crescimento |
| Français | croissance |
| Deutsch | Wachstum |
| Italiano | crescita |
| Ελληνικά | ανάπτυξη anáptyxi |
| Русский | рост rost, разви́тие razvítije |
| العربية | تَنْمِيَة tanmiya, نُمُو numū |
| עברית | גדילה gdilɑ, צמיחה tsmiḥɑ |
noun act of growing
| Español | crecimiento |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | वर्धन vardhan |
| Kiswahili | ukuaji |
| Português | crescimento |
| Deutsch | Wachstum |
| Italiano | crescita |
| Русский | рост rost, приро́ст priróst, возраста́ние vozrastánije |
| עברית | צמיחה tsmiḥɑ |
noun something that grows or has grown
| Deutsch | Bewuchs, Vegetation, Wuchs, Bewucherung |
|---|---|
| Русский | по́росль póroslʹ, отро́сток otróstok |
| עברית | צמחייה tsimḥiɑ, גִּדּוּל giddúl |
noun pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor
| Español | crecimiento |
|---|---|
| Português | crescimento |
| Français | croissance |
| Deutsch | Geschwulst, Wucherung |
| Italiano | crescita, accrescimento |
| Русский | наро́ст naróst |
| עברית | גִּדּוּל gidul |
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title = {growth},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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