Growth
11growth — ► NOUN 1) the process of growing. 2) something that has grown or is growing. 3) a tumour or other abnormal formation …
12growth|y — «GROH thee», adjective. growing well or fast …
13growth — /grohth/, n. 1. the act or process, or a manner of growing; development; gradual increase. 2. size or stage of development: It hasn t yet reached its full growth. 3. completed development. 4. development from a simpler to a more complex stage:… …
14growth — US /grəʊθ/ noun [C or U] ► ECONOMICS an increase in the ability of an economy or business to produce goods and services: »the growth of the Indian economy »We have had three successive years of economic growth. growth rate/rate of growth »The… …
15growth */*/*/ — UK [ɡrəʊθ] / US [ɡroʊθ] noun Word forms growth : singular growth plural growths 1) [singular/uncountable] an increase in the number, size, or importance of something growth in: a substantial growth in the number of available jobs growth of: the… …
16growth — noun 1 increase in sth ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, exponential, significant, strong ▪ the exponential growth in world population ▪ high ▪ …
17growth — [[t]gro͟ʊθ[/t]] ♦♦ growths 1) N UNCOUNT: oft N of n The growth of something such as an industry, organization, or idea is its development in size, wealth, or importance. ...the growth of nationalism. ...Japan s enormous economic growth. ...high… …
18growth — n. 1) to foster, promote growth 2) to retard, stunt growth 3) rapid; untrammeled; zero growth 4) economic; population growth (zero population growth) 5) (med.) a cancerous, malignant; inoperable; non cancerous, non malignant growth 6) (biology)… …
19growth — noun 1 INCREASE IN AMOUNT (U) an increase in amount, size, or degree: efforts to control population growth (+ in): During the 1970 s there was rapid growth in oil production and consumption. | growth rate (=the speed at which something increases… …
20growth*/*/*/ — [grəʊθ] noun 1) [singular/U] an increase in the number, size, or importance of something We are entering a period of rapid population growth.[/ex] The annual rate of growth was 12 per cent.[/ex] the growth of the economy in the 19th century[/ex]… …
