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Type Words
Synonyms emergence, outgrowth
Type of beginning
Has types rise
Derivation grow
Type Words
Synonyms development, growing, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny
Type of biological process, organic process
Has types cohesion, culture, cytogenesis, cytogeny, dentition, cenogenesis, efflorescence, cainogenesis, odontiasis, amelogenesis, palingenesis, blossoming, auxesis, proliferation, apposition, psychogenesis, psychomotor development, psychosexual development, anthesis, recapitulation, angiogenesis, rooting, sprouting, suppression, teething, teratogenesis, vegetation, virilisation, virilization, cultivation, florescence, flowering, foliation, fructification, gametogenesis, germination, habit, inflorescence, infructescence, intussusception, caenogenesis, juvenescence, kainogenesis, kenogenesis, leafing, life cycle, masculinisation, masculinization, morphogenesis, myelinisation, myelinization, neurogenesis
Derivation grow
Type Words
Synonyms increase, increment
Type of process, physical process
Has types accretion, accumulation, widening, relaxation, pullulation, proliferation, population growth, accession, broadening, multiplication
Derivation grow


the growth of population.
Type Words
Type of evolution, development
Derivation grow


the growth of culture.
Type Words
Type of malady, illness, sickness, unwellness
Has types excrescence, exostosis, polyp, polypus, hamartoma, neoplasm, tumor, tumour, peduncle
Type Words
Type of physical object, object
Has types ingrowth


a growth of hair.
Type Words
Type of flora, vegetation, botany
Derivation grow


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

Examples of growth

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He says biologists are working to control herbs and curb deer population growth.
From the dailyherald.com
The area will be used for commercial growth with some retail associated with it.
From the desmoinesregister.com
The students are making lots of growth and are enjoying reading lots of stories.
From the desmoinesregister.com
The proposals are consistent with the city's growth management plan, Simon said.
From the thenewstribune.com
On-track success and continued growth is what generally turns those other heads.
From the news-journalonline.com
It trailed a bit in 2010, despite continuing to post impressive earnings growth.
From the forbes.com
These were critical in financing economic growth, especially the housing bubble.
From the forbes.com
More home building adds to the case for economic growth to accelerate this year.
From the bloomberg.com
It is our plan to create jobs now and sustain economic growth for years to come.
From the bloomberg.com
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  • (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"
  • A progression from simpler to more complex forms; "the growth of culture"
  • Increase: a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important; "the increase in unemployment"; "the growth of population"
  • Vegetation that has grown; "a growth of trees"; "the only growth was some salt grass"
  • Emergence: the gradual beginning or coming forth; "figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece"
  • (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor)
  • Growth is a 2009 American horror film, written and directed by Gabriel Cowan.
  • An increase in size, number, value, or strength; the act of growing, getting bigger or higher; something that grows or has grown; an abnormal mass such as a tumor
  • (Growths) Any new shoots that emerge, whether they be pseudo bulb, rhizome, leaf, stern, inflorescence, or root.