growth

noun

1. 1

   the gradual beginning or coming forth

   figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece

2. 2

   vegetation that has grown

   a growth of trees

   the only growth was some salt grass

3. 3

   something grown or growing

   a growth of hair

4. 4

   (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

   he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children

5. 5

   a progression from simpler to more complex forms

   the growth of culture

6. 6

   a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important

   the increase in unemployment

   the growth of population

7. 7

   (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor)