growth en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ɡɹoʊθ/ (General-American)
- /ɡɹʌot/ Dublin
- /ɡɹəʊθ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
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.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) An increase in size, number, value, or strength.
It may be that a free society as we have known it carries in itself the forces of its own destruction, that once freedom has been achieved it is taken for granted and ceases to be valued, and that the free growth of ideas which is the essence of a free society will bring about the destruction of the foundations on which it depends.
1949, F. A. Hayek, “The Intellectuals and Socialism”, in University of Chicago Law Review, volume 16, number 3, Chicago: University of Chicago, →DOI, pages 431-432:Nanoelectronics is one of the area's few growth industries .
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(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable) Ellipsis of economic growth.
alt of economic growth
Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers.[…]Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster. Clever financial ploys are what have made billionaires of the industry’s veterans. “Operational improvement” in a portfolio company has often meant little more than promising colossal bonuses to sitting chief executives if they meet ambitious growth targets. That model is still prevalent today.
2013 June 22, “Engineers of a different kind”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 70: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.
Liz Truss has promised Britons she has “got your back” and set out a plan for “growth, growth and growth” in a conference speech disrupted by protesters asking who voted for her plan.
2022 October 5, Rowena Mason, quoting Liz Truss, “Liz Truss promises ‘growth, growth and growth’ in protest-hit speech”, in The Guardian:
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(countable, uncountable) An increase in psychological strength or resilience; an increased ability to overcome adversity.
Struggle, disappointment, and criticism all contribute to a person's growth.
- (countable, uncountable) The act of growing, getting bigger or higher.
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(countable, uncountable) 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.
2025 August 14, Angela Haupt, “What to Know About the Horned ‘Zombie’ Rabbits Hopping Around Colorado”, in TIME:
- (countable, uncountable) An abnormal mass such as a tumor.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| growths | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
nondevelopment (antonym(s) of “act of growing”) · decrement (antonym(s) of “increase in size”) · contraction (antonym(s) of “increase in size”) · reduction (antonym(s) of “increase in size”) · decrease (antonym(s) of “increase in size”)
Deriveds
growth factor (Terms derived from growth) · spring growth (Terms derived from growth) · overgrowth (Terms derived from growth) · macrogrowth (Terms derived from growth) · ingrowth (Terms derived from growth) · growth medium (Terms derived from growth) · exponential growth (Terms derived from growth) · edgrowth (Terms derived from growth) · growth hormone (Terms derived from growth) · autogrowth (Terms derived from growth) · growth ring (Terms derived from growth) · geometric growth (Terms derived from growth) · bottom growth (Terms derived from growth) · postgrowth (Terms derived from growth) · old-growth forest (Terms derived from growth) · growthsome (Terms derived from growth) · growth investing (Terms derived from growth) · second-growth forest (Terms derived from growth) · supergrowth (Terms derived from growth) · epigrowth (Terms derived from growth) · growth spurt (Terms derived from growth) · outgrowth (Terms derived from growth) · hypergrowth (Terms derived from growth) · microgrowth (Terms derived from growth) · bovine growth hormone (Terms derived from growth) · growthmania (Terms derived from growth) · upgrowth (Terms derived from growth) · zero population growth (Terms derived from growth) · growthwise (Terms derived from growth) · zero growth (Terms derived from growth) · old-growth (Terms derived from growth) · growth hacking (Terms derived from growth) · high-growth (Terms derived from growth) · undergrowth (Terms derived from growth) · growth plate (Terms derived from growth) · growth hacker (Terms derived from growth) · growth mindset (Terms derived from growth) · establishment growth (Terms derived from growth) · vascular endothelial growth factor (Terms derived from growth) · regrowth (Terms derived from growth) · antigrowth (Terms derived from growth) · slowth (Terms derived from growth) · grand period of growth (Terms derived from growth) · diauxic growth (Terms derived from growth) · growth rate (Terms derived from growth) · mixoperipheral growth (Terms derived from growth) · growthy (Terms derived from growth) · aftergrowth (Terms derived from growth) · growthful (Terms derived from growth) · growth form (Terms derived from growth) · growth cone (Terms derived from growth) · growthless (Terms derived from growth) · growthist (Terms derived from growth) · cogrowth (Terms derived from growth) · growth retardation (Terms derived from growth) · growthism (Terms derived from growth) · growth arrest line (Terms derived from growth) · chain growth polymerization (Terms derived from growth) · nongrowth (Terms derived from growth) · misgrowth (Terms derived from growth) · growth-retarding (Terms derived from growth) · growth stock (Terms derived from growth) · megagrowth (Terms derived from growth) · hemiperipheral growth (Terms derived from growth) · nerve growth factor (Terms derived from growth) · organic growth (Terms derived from growth) · intergrowth (Terms derived from growth) · holoperipheral growth (Terms derived from growth) · economic growth (Terms derived from growth) · negative growth (Terms derived from growth) · logistic growth (Terms derived from growth) · degrowth (Terms derived from growth)
Hyponyms
tumor (pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor)
Synonyms
development (act of growing) · expansion (increase in size) · increase (increase in size) · increment (increase in size) · vegetation (something that grows or has grown) · outgrowth (pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor) · enlargement (increase in size) · maturation (act of growing) · mass · cancer
Translations (183)
cs porost (something that grows or has grown) · de Vegetation (something that grows or has grown) · la auctus (increase in size) · bg ръст (increase in size) · nl groei (something that grows or has grown) · hy աճ (act of growing) · sv svulst (pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor) · grc φῦμα (pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor) · pl rozwój (increase in size) · sl rastje (something that grows or has grown) · lv izaugsme (increase in size) · cy twf (act of growing) · sv växt (act of growing) · cmn 生長 /生长 (increase in size) · bg расте́ж (increase in size) · es crecimiento (act of growing) · sv tillväxt (increase in size) · ga borrúlacht (act of growing) · sk rast (increase in size) · nn framvekst (increase in size) · kmr girbûn (increase in size) · ru рост (act of growing) · gd fàs (increase in size) · fa وخشش (increase in size) · bg нара́стване (act of growing) · gd fàs (act of growing) · ba ҙурайыу (increase in size) · ga fás (act of growing) · ka მატება (increase in size) · pt crescimento (act of growing) · es crecimiento (increase in size) · ru разви́тие (increase in size) · it crescita (act of growing) · ba үҫеш (act of growing) · ang æþelu (increase in size) · he צמיחה (increase in size) · de Geschwulst (pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor) · de Bewuchs (something that grows or has grown) · pl narośl (pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor) · lv augšana (increase in size) · pl rośnięcie (act of growing) · sh ра̑ст (increase in size) · ja 生長 (increase in size) · cs růst (increase in size) · grc αὔξησις (increase in size) · cs nárůst (increase in size) · scn crìscita (act of growing) · fy groei c oanwaaks (act of growing) · nb vekst (act of growing) · gl crecemento (increase in size) · ka ზრდა (increase in size) · ru наро́ст (pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor) · az boy atma (increase in size) · az artım (something that grows or has grown) · he גִּדּוּל (pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor) · cy cynnydd (increase in size) · ka ზრდა (act of growing) · lb Wuesstem (increase in size) · it crescita (pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor) · fa رویش (act of growing) · fi kasvu (something that grows or has grown) · ga forás (increase in size) · he צמיחה (act of growing) · sl rast (act of growing) · mi ngene (pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor) · de Wachstum (act of growing) · fr croissance (increase in size) · pl wzrost (increase in size) · it crescita (increase in size) · uk ріст (increase in size) · ka გაზრდა (act of growing) · ru приро́ст (act of growing) · nb framvekst (increase in size) · sa उपचय (increase in size) · cs růst (act of growing) · fi kasvannainen (pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor) · ja 成長 (increase in size) · tr büyüme (increase in size) · sv utväxt (pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor) · ka მომატება (increase in size) · kmr gewrebûn (increase in size) · cs bujení (pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor) · ky өсүм (increase in size) · de Wachstum (increase in size) · it accrescimento (pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor) · non vǫxtr (increase in size) · sv tillväxt (act of growing) · da vækst (increase in size) · mk раст (increase in size) · nl toename (increase in size) · cs vzrůst (act of growing) · yue 生長 /生长 (increase in size) · ar تَنْمِيَة (increase in size) · ru отро́сток (something that grows or has grown) · he צמחייה (something that grows or has grown) · nb vekst (increase in size) · ast crecimientu (increase in size) · enm waxynge (increase in size) · ml വളർച്ച (increase in size) · ga forás (act of growing) · uk прирі́ст (act of growing) · sl rast (increase in size) · da vækst (something that grows or has grown) · fi kasvu (increase in size) · id pertumbuhan (act of growing) · sv tilltagande (increase in size) · fa رشد (increase in size) · es crecimiento (pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor) · hy աճ (increase in size) · ca creixement (increase in size) · pt acréscimo (increase in size) · sw ukuaji (increase in size) · nan-hbl 生長 /生长 (increase in size) · ko 성장 (increase in size) · nl groei (increase in size) · enm waxynge (act of growing) · fo vøkstur (increase in size) · hu növekedés (increase in size) · oc creissença (increase in size) · sv vegetation (something that grows or has grown) · mk развој (increase in size) · sk rast (act of growing) · ko 생장 (increase in size) · de Wucherung (pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor) · az artma (increase in size) · be рост (increase in size) · el ανάπτυξη (increase in size) · cs vzrůst (increase in size) · sh rȃst (increase in size) · pt crescimento (increase in size) · mk раст (act of growing) · pt crescimento (pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor) · de Wuchs (something that grows or has grown) · fi kasvu (act of growing) · sv växtlighet (something that grows or has grown) · enm encres (increase in size) · pl wzrastanie (act of growing) · ga breisiú (act of growing) · mk израсток (something that grows or has grown) · scn crìscita (increase in size) · hi वर्धन (act of growing) · nn vekst (increase in size) · eo kreskaĵo (something that grows or has grown) · ml വളർച്ച (act of growing) · ru возраста́ние (act of growing) · ga fás (increase in size) · sv utvidgning (increase in size) · sv utveckling (act of growing) · sl porast (increase in size) · ka ნამატი (something that grows or has grown) · ka გაზრდა (increase in size) · he גִּדּוּל (something that grows or has grown) · hi वर्धन (increase in size) · ru по́росль (something that grows or has grown) · ar نُمُو (increase in size) · sv växt (something that grows or has grown) · da vækst (pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor) · mk растење (act of growing) · ru рост (increase in size) · ba үҫеш (increase in size) · nl groei (act of growing) · mk израсток (pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor) · txb tsamo (increase in size) · fr croissance (pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor) · de Bewucherung (something that grows or has grown) · fi pesäke (pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor) · az böyümə (increase in size) · tr büyüme (act of growing) · sw ukuaji (act of growing) · sk vzrast (increase in size) · lt augimas (increase in size) · fo grøði (something that grows or has grown) · fi kasvain (pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor) · sv stigande (increase in size) · hi विकास (increase in size) · br kresk (increase in size) · fy groei c oanwaaks (increase in size) · et kasv (increase in size) · he גדילה (increase in size) · sv växt (pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor) · got 𐌿𐍃𐍅𐌰𐌷𐍃𐍄𐍃 (increase in size) · ga borrúlacht (increase in size) · eo kreskiĝo (increase in size)