Growth
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -əʊθ
Origin
From grow + -th. Compare North Frisian greyde ("growth, pasture"), Danish grøde ("fruits"), Swedish gröda ("crop, harvest"). More at grow.
Full definition of growth
Noun
growth
(plural growths)- An increase in size, number, value, or strength.
- 2013-06-22, Engineers of a different kind, 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.
- 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.
- (biology) The act of growing, getting bigger or higher.
- (biology) Something that grows or has grown.
- (pathology) An abnormal mass such as a tumor.
Synonyms
- (increase in size) enlargement, expansion, increase, increment
- (act of growing) development, maturation
- (something that grows or has grown) vegetation
- (pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor) outgrowth, cancer, mass
Antonyms
- (increase in size) contraction, decrease, decrement, reduction
- (act of growing) nondevelopment
Derived terms
Hyponyms
- (pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor) tumor