Growth

[n] the gradual beginning or coming forth; "figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece"
[n] vegetation that has grown; "a growth of trees"; "the only growth was some salt grass"
[n] something grown or growing; "a growth of hair"
[n] 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"
[n] a progression from simpler to more complex forms; "the growth of culture"
[n] a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important; "the increase in unemployment"; "the growth of population"
[n] (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor)

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Synonyms

development, emergence, growing, increase, increment, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny, outgrowth

Antonyms

decrease, decrement, nondevelopment

Related Terms

about-face, abscess, access, accession, accomplishment, accretion, accrual, accruement, accumulation, addition, advance, advancement, aggrandizement, ague, alchemy, amplification, anemia, ankylosis, anoxia, apnea, appreciation, ascent, asphyxiation, assim