growth.
An increase in size, number, value, or strength.
Meaning & usage
An increase in size, number, value, or strength.
Nanoelectronics is one of the area's few growth industries .
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.
The act of growing, getting bigger or higher.
Something that grows or has grown.
An abnormal mass such as a tumor.
Where this word 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.
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