noun : GROWTH
Source: WordNet 3.1
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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" ;
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2. (
) a progression from simpler to more complex forms; "the growth of culture" ;
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3. (
) a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important; "the increase in unemployment"; "the growth of population" ;
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4. (
) vegetation that has grown; "a growth of trees"; "the only growth was some salt grass" ;
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5. (
) the gradual beginning or coming forth; "figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece" ;
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6. (
) (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor) ;
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7. (
) something grown or growing; "a growth of hair" ;
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