growth

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Etymology

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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.

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Noun

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growth (countable and uncountable, plural growths)

  1. An increase in size, number, value, or strength.
  2. (economics) Ellipsis of economic growth.
    Growth was dampened by a softening of the global economy in 2001, but picked up in the subsequent years due to strong growth in China.
    • 2013 June 22, “Engineers of a different kind”, in The Economist[1], volume 407, number 8841, page 70:
      Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers. [] Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster. Clever financial ploys are what have made billionaires of the industry’s veterans. “Operational improvement” in a portfolio company has often meant little more than promising colossal bonuses to sitting chief executives if they meet ambitious growth targets. That model is still prevalent today.
    • 2022 October 5, Rowena Mason, quoting Liz Truss, “Liz Truss promises ‘growth, growth and growth’ in protest-hit speech”, in The Guardian[2]:
      Liz Truss has promised Britons she has “got your back” and set out a plan for “growth, growth and growth” in a conference speech disrupted by protesters asking who voted for her plan.
  3. An increase in psychological strength or resilience; an increased ability to overcome adversity.
    Struggle, disappointment, and criticism all contribute to a person's growth.
  4. (biology) The act of growing, getting bigger or higher.
  5. (biology) Something that grows or has grown.
  6. (pathology) An abnormal mass such as a tumor.

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  • (pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor): tumor

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Terms derived from growth

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