growth

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   An increase in size, number, value, or strength.

2. 2

   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.
   • Liz Truss has promised Britons she has “got your back” and set out a plan for “growth, growth and growth” in a conference speech disrupted by protesters asking who voted for her plan.
3. 3

   An increase in psychological strength or resilience

   An increase in psychological strength or resilience; an increased ability to overcome adversity.

   • Struggle, disappointment, and criticism all contribute to a person's growth.
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   1. 4

      The act of growing, getting bigger or higher.

   2. 5

      Something that grows or has grown.

      • Scary-looking rabbits were hopping around Fort Collins. These weren’t your standard cute, fluffy bunnies; they had horn-like growths protruding from their faces and bodies.
   3. 6

      An abnormal mass such as a tumor.

The neighborhood

• synonymcancer
• synonymmass
• antonymcontractionantonym(s) of “increase in size”
• antonymdecreaseantonym(s) of “increase in size”
• antonymdecrementantonym(s) of “increase in size”
• antonymreductionantonym(s) of “increase in size”
• antonymnondevelopmentantonym(s) of “act of growing”