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| NOUN | 1 | growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis | (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically |
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| 2 | growth | A progression from simpler to more complex forms | |
| 3 | growth, increase, increment | A process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important | |
| 4 | growth | Vegetation that has grown | |
| 5 | growth, emergence, outgrowth | The gradual beginning or coming forth | |
| 6 | growth | (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor) | |
| 7 | growth | Something grown or growing |
| Sounds | grow'th |
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| Rhymes | both, Goethe, loath, and 6 more rhymes in owth at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | (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. |
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| Synonyms | growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis |
| Category of | isometry |
| Category | biology, biological science |
| Parts | gastrulation |
| Narrower | culture; amelogenesis; angiogenesis; apposition; auxesis; blossoming, flowering, florescence, inflorescence, anthesis, efflorescence; cenogenesis, kenogenesis, caenogenesis, cainogenesis, kainogenesis; cohesion; cytogenesis, cytogeny; foliation, leafing; fructification; gametogenesis; germination, sprouting; infructescence; intussusception; juvenescence; life cycle; masculinization, masculinisation, virilization, virilisation; morphogenesis; myelinization, myelinisation; neurogenesis; palingenesis, recapitulation; proliferation; psychomotor development; psychosexual development; rooting; suppression; teething, dentition, odontiasis; teratogenesis; vegetation |
| Broader | organic process, biological process |
| Contrary | nondevelopment |
| Adjectives | growing |
| Verbs | grow; grow; grow |
| Meaning | A progression from simpler to more complex forms. |
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| Examples | "the growth of culture" |
| Broader | development, evolution |
| Verbs | grow |
| Meaning | A process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important. |
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| Examples | "the growth of population" |
| Synonyms | increase, increment |
| Narrower | accession; accretion, accumulation; accretion; accretion; accretion; multiplication; population growth; proliferation; pullulation; relaxation; widening, broadening |
| Broader | process |
| Contrary | decrease, decrement |
| Verbs | grow |
| Meaning | Vegetation that has grown. |
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| Examples | "a growth of trees"; "the only growth was some salt grass" |
| Broader | vegetation, flora |
| Verbs | grow |
| Meaning | The gradual beginning or coming forth. |
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| Synonyms | emergence, outgrowth |
| Narrower | rise |
| Broader | beginning |
| Verbs | grow; grow |
| Meaning | (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor). |
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| Category | pathology |
| Narrower | excrescence; exostosis; polyp, polypus; peduncle; tumor, tumour, neoplasm; hamartoma |
| Broader | illness, unwellness, malady, sickness |
| Adjectives | excrescent |
| Meaning | Something grown or growing. |
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| Examples | "a growth of hair" |
| Narrower | ingrowth |
| Broader | object, physical object |