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growth
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- pronunciation:
- groth
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Explorer
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noun |
| definition 1: |
the process of growing.
Teenagers experience rapid growth.That town had a large growth in population during the 1990s.
- synonyms:
- cultivation, enlargement, expansion, production, rise
- antonyms:
- decline, decrease
- similar words:
- advance, development, evolution, extension, multiplication, progress
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| definition 2: |
that which has grown.
A growth of weeds is taking over the garden.- synonyms:
- cultivation, expansion, production
- similar words:
- development, extension, multiplication
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| definition 3: |
an area of tissue that is not normal.
The doctor removed a growth from my arm.- synonyms:
- tumor
- similar words:
- cancer, cyst, mass, polyp
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| related words: |
bush, lump |
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