English Online Dictionary. What means growth? What does growth mean?
English
Etymology
From grow + -th. Compare Old Frisian grēd ("meadow, pasture"; > North Frisian greyde (“growth, pasture”)), Middle High German gruote, gruot (“greens, fresh growth, shoot”), Old Norse gróðr ("growth, crop"; > Faroese grøði, Danish grøde (“fruits”), Swedish gröda (“crop, harvest”)). More at grow.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɡɹoʊθ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɡɹəʊθ/
- Rhymes: -əʊθ
Noun
growth (countable and uncountable, plural growths)
- An increase in size, number, value, or strength.
- (economics) Ellipsis of economic growth.
- An increase in psychological strength or resilience; an increased ability to overcome adversity.
- (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
- (antonym(s) of “increase in size”): contraction, decrease, decrement, reduction
- (antonym(s) of “act of growing”): nondevelopment
Hyponyms
- (pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor): tumor