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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Growth \Growth\ (gr[=o]th), n. [Icel. gr[=o][eth]r,
     gr[=o][eth]i. See Grow.]
     1. The process of growing; the gradual increase of an animal
        or a vegetable body; the development from a seed, germ, or
        root, to full size or maturity; increase in size, number,
        frequency, strength, etc.; augmentation; advancement;
        production; prevalence or influence; as, the growth of
        trade; the growth of power; the growth of intemperance.
        Idle weeds are fast in growth. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. That which has grown or is growing; anything produced;
        product; consequence; effect; result.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Nature multiplies her fertile growth. --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Growth \Growth\, n. [Icel. gro?r, gr??i. See Grow.]
     1. The process of growing; the gradual increase of an animal
        or a vegetable body; the development from a seed, germ, or
        root, to full size or maturity; increase in size, number,
        frequency, strength, etc.; augmentation; advancement;
        production; prevalence or influence; as, the growth of
        trade; the growth of power; the growth of intemperance.
        Idle weeds are fast in growth. --Shak.
  
     2. That which has grown or is growing; anything produced;
        product; consequence; effect; result.
  
              Nature multiplies her fertile growth. --Milton.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  growth
       n 1: (biology) the process of an individual organism growing
            organically; a purely biological unfolding of events
            involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple
            to a more complex level; "he proposed an indicator of
            osseous development in children" [syn: growing, maturation,
             development, ontogeny, ontogenesis] [ant: nondevelopment]
       2: a progression from simpler to more complex forms; "the
          growth of culture"
       3: a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or
          more important; "the increase in unemployment"; "the
          growth of population" [syn: increase, increment] [ant:
           decrease, decrease]
       4: vegetation that has grown; "a growth of trees"; "the only
          growth was some salt grass"
       5: the gradual beginning or coming forth; "figurines presage
          the emergence of sculpture in Greece" [syn: emergence, outgrowth]
       6: (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a
          tumor)
       7: something grown or growing; "a growth of hair"

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  growth
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 η αύξηση
     2 η (οικονομική) ανάπτυξη

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  growth
     n.
     1 An increase in size, number, value, or strength.
     2 (lb en economics) (ellipsis of en economic growth)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  growth
     n.
     1 An increase in size, number, value, or strength.
     2 (lb en economics) (ellipsis of en economic growth)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  growth
     n.
     1 An increase in size, number, value, or strength.
     2 (lb en economics) (ellipsis of en economic growth)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  growth
     n.
     1 An increase in size, number, value, or strength.
     2 (lb en economics) (ellipsis of en economic growth)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  growth
     Englanti n.
     1 kasvu
     2 kehitys
     3 lisäys
     4 (yhteys patologia k=en) kasvain, kasvannainen

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  growth
     Engelska n.
     1 stigande, tilltagande, tillväxt, utvidgning
     2 (tagg biologi språk=en) tillväxt, växt, utveckling
     3 (tagg biologi språk=en) vegetation, växt, växtlighet
     4 (tagg patologi språk=en) svulst, växt, utväxt

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Growth /ɡɹˈəʊθ/
  النمو

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  growth //ɡɹoʊθ// //ɡɹəʊθ// 
  1. нарастване
  act of growing
  2. ръст, расте́ж
  increase in size