growth meaning and definition

GROWTH noun

Definition of growth (noun)

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"
   • synonyms: development, growing, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny
   • antonym: 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"
   • synonyms: increase, increment
   • antonym: 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"
   • synonyms: emergence, outgrowth
6. (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor)
7. something grown or growing
   • "a growth of hair"