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   Growth

   /ɡrōTH/

   

   noun

   • 1. the process of increasing in physical size: "the upward growth of plants" Similar growingextensionwideningthickeningbroadeningheighteningswellingmagnificationballooningdevelopmentmaturationgrowinggerminationshooting upspringing upsproutingbloomingflourishingthrivingrare:vegetationburgeoningpullulationOpposite shrinkingwithering
   • ▪ the process of developing or maturing physically, mentally, or spiritually: "keeping a journal can be a vital step in our personal growth" Similar expansiondevelopmentprogressadvanceadvancementheadwayimprovementfurtheranceextensionspreadbuildoutescalationrisesuccessthrivingflourishingbloomingboomupturnupswingOpposite declinefailure
   • ▪ the process of increasing in amount, value, or importance: "the rates of population growth are lowest in the north" Similar increaseexpansionaugmentationproliferationmultiplicationenlargementamplificationmushroomingsnowballingriseescalationbuildupdevelopmentevolutionOpposite decrease
   • ▪ the increase in number and spread of small or microscopic organisms: "some additives slow down the growth of microorganisms"
   • ▪ increase in economic value or activity: "the government aims to get growth back into the economy"
   • 2. something that has grown or is growing: "a day's growth of unshaven stubble on his chin"
   • ▪ a tumor or other abnormal formation: "the method enables doctors to distinguish between malignant and benign growths" Similar tumorcancerous growthmalignant growthmalignancycancerlumpoutgrowthswellingprotuberanceprotrusionknobnodulecystpolyptechnical:processbullarare:excrescenceintumescencetumescencetumefaction
   • 3. a vineyard or crop of grapes of a specified classification of quality, or a wine from it: "all growths within the legally delimited Champagne zone are classified"

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   What does growth mean?

   • The process of growing or developing. The full extent of such increase. Development from a lower or simpler to a higher or more complex form; evolution. Something that grows or has grown. A thick growth of grass. Expected to have or investing in businesses expected to have higher-than-average increases in revenues and returns.

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   What is the difference between growth and development?

   • Growth and development refers to changes over a period of time but the difference between growth and development is that growth is quantitative but development is qualitative. Therefore, development is always positive. What is the difference between growth and development in education?

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   What does it mean if a family grows?

   • If you mentioned the growth of your family, you might mean that babies were born or people got married, increasing your family's size. Growth is an increase in physical size, like the growth of a sapling into a mature tree. There are other kinds of growth, like your sister's personal growth since she started to meditate every day.

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   the act or process, or a manner of growing; growing; development; gradual increase. Synonyms: expansion, augmentation. Antonyms: decrease, decline. size or stage of development: It hasn't yet reached its full growth. completed development. development from a simpler to a more complex stage: the growth of ritual forms.

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   The noun growth is the process of something becoming bigger. If you mentioned the growth of your family, you might mean that babies were born or people got married, increasing your family's size. Growth is an increase in physical size, like the growth of a sapling into a mature tree.

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