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growth

 
 
pronunciation:
groth
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part of speech: noun
definition 1: Growth is the process of growing, the process of getting larger. When we measure the growth of something, we measure how much something has grown or how well it is growing.
The students measured the growth of their bean plants every week.
 
synonyms:
expansion, production, rise
antonyms:
decline, decrease
similar words:
advance, development, evolution, extension, multiplication, progress
definition 2: A growth is a thing or a large group of things that has grown somewhere.
A new growth of weeds is taking over the garden.
synonyms:
production
similar words:
development, extension, multiplication
definition 3: When you have a growth in or on your body, it means that you have something growing that is not normal.
The doctor removed a growth from my mother's back.
synonyms:
tumor
similar words:
cancer, mass
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