growth

Pronunciation: /ɡɹoʊθ/

The English word “growth” has 5 meanings listed here.

noun

An increase in size, number, value, or strength.
An increase in psychological strength or resilience; an increased ability to overcome adversity.
The act of growing, getting bigger or higher.
Something that grows or has grown.
An abnormal mass such as a tumor.

Etymology

From grow + -th (abstract nominal suffix). 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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