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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionarygrowth \ˈgrōth\ noun DATE 15571. a. (1) a stage in the process of growing : size (2) full growth b. the process of growing c. progressive development : evolution d. increase, expansion the growth of the oil industry2. a. something that grows or has grown b. an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as a tumor) c. outgrowth d. the result of growth : product3. a producing especially by growing fruits of his own growth4. anticipated progressive growth especially in capital value and income some investors prefer growth to immediate incomeOxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7☞ growthgrowth / ^rEuW; NAmE ^rouW / noun1. [U] (of people, animals or plants 人、动物或植物) the process of growing physically, mentally or emotionally 发育；成长；生长: Lack of water will stunt the plant's growth. 缺水会妨碍植物生长。 Remove dead leaves to encourage new growth. 去掉枯叶以促进新叶生长。 a concern with personal (= mental and emotional) growth and development 对个人成长和发展的重视 growth hormones (= designed to make sb / sth grow faster) 生长激素 2. [U] ~ (in / of sth) an increase in the size, amount or degree of sth 增加；增长；增强: population growth 人口增长 the rapid growth in violent crime 暴力犯罪的迅速增加 3. [U] an increase in economic activity 经济增长；经济发展: a disappointing year of little growth in Britain and America 英美经济增长无几令人沮丧的一年 policies aimed at sustaining economic growth 旨在保持经济增长的政策 an annual growth rate of 10% 10% 的年增长率 a growth area / industry 经济增长的领域/行业 4. [C] a lump caused by a disease that forms on or inside a person, an animal or a plant 赘生物: a malignant / cancerous growth 恶性/癌性赘生物 5. [U, C] something that has grown 生长物；长成物；产物: The forest's dense growth provides nesting places for a wide variety of birds. 森林里茂密的植物为各种各样的鸟儿提供了筑巢的地方。 several days' growth of beard 长了几天的胡须 Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of EnglishOxford Collocations dictionary for students of Englishgrowth noun 1 increase in sth ADJ. considerable, dramatic, enormous, exponential, impressive, phenomenal, significant, spectacular, strong, tremendous the exponential growth in world population | explosive, fast, rapid the explosive growth of personal computers in the 1990s | modest, slow, steady The factory has achieved a steady growth in output. | low a vicious circle of low growth and low productivity | long-term | economic, industrial | population VERB + GROWTH achieve | maintain, sustain | encourage, promote, stimulate | control new measures to control the growth of traffic on the roads GROWTH + NOUN rate The economy enjoyed the highest growth rate in Asia. | area, industry Communications technology has proved to be a growth area. PREP. ~ in There was a rapid growth in the numbers of private cars. PHRASES a rate of growth 　• Special page at Special page-BUSINESS2 growing ADJ. healthy, normal A good diet is vital for healthy growth. | excessive the excessive growth of algae in rivers | intellectual, personal, spiritual VERB + GROWTH encourage Give the plants a good pruning to encourage growth. | stunt Lack of food had stunted his growth. GROWTH + NOUN hormone 3 abnormal lump in the body ADJ. cancerous, malignant | benign VERB + GROWTH have PREP. ~ on He had a cancerous growth on his lung. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus-11th Editionn. Function: noun Synonyms: DEVELOPMENT, evolution, evolvement, flowering, progress, progression, unfolding, upgrowthWebster's Third New International Dictionary, UnabridgedgrowthI. \ˈgrōth\ noun(-s)Etymology: Middle English (Scots dialect) grouth, from Old Norse grōthr, grōthi, from grōa to grow — more at grow1. a. (1) : stage in the process of growing : size < the river reaches its greatest growth a few miles above St. Louis > < the tree hasn't got its full growth > : stature < give added growth and dimension to a book — Norman Cousins > (2) : full growth < by the looks of him he would be every inch of six feet when he attained his growth — Archie Binns > b. : the process of growing: as (1) : an increase in the size of an organism or part especially when involving increase in the amount of protoplasm — compare development, differentiation (2) : increase in size by a natural inorganic process whereby material is added to the surface in such a way as to continue the established regular or periodic structure < growth or regrowth of mica under the influence of late solutions — Economic Geology > (3) : a progressive development from lower or simpler to higher or more complex forms of organization : evolution < the … history of the growth of writing — A.N.Whitehead > < the growth and decay of languages — G.R.Harrison > (4) : progressive intellectual or moral advance or development :cultural or spiritual self-enrichment < a lifetime of learning and continuous growth is required of us — R.H.Wittcoff > < novels provide the basis for growth, experiences which can be rich and full — Irish Digest > < learning and growth are always a result of what the individual brings to the learning situation — H.R.Douglass > < the theory that our native writers suffered from arrested growth— C.I.Glicksberg > (5) : rise, emergence < his lifetime encompassed the … growth of the solidly Democratic South — Current History > < the first growth and development of Macedonia … into the first of all known powers — George Grote > (6) : qualitative or quantitative increase : expansion < the growth of the oil industry > < the rapid growth in luxury and sophistication — Carl Van Doren > < the growth of urban population > < the growth of illiteracy >2. a. : something that grows or has grown: as (1) : a stand of forest < the road is bordered with close growths of willow — American Guide Series: Louisiana > < a young growth dedicated in 1926 — American Guide Series: Pennsylvania > — see old growth, second growth (2) : a cover of vegetation : vegetation < a dense … growth of European grasses which formed a thick sod — P.E.James > < the only other growth here showing is a very little salt grass — G.R.Stewart > (3) : plant < this weed is a very noxious growth > (4) : a lateral shoot or branch on the main stem of a plant b. : abnormal proliferation of tissue (as a tumor) c. : outgrowth, offshoot < a lovely phrase … which is really a growth from the main tune — Herbert Wiseman > d. : the result of growth : product, effect, development < Protestantism was a relatively recent growth > < this was the growth of habit — Ellen Glasgow > < Virginia City and other Nevada towns were mushroom growths from silver ore — Dict. of American History >3. : production, cultivation, origin < goods of foreign growth > < all his fruit and vegetables were of his own growth >II. noun: anticipated progressive growth in capital value and income < some investors prefer growth to immediate income >

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