GROWTH

/ɡɹəʊθ/ ► audio Scrabble 13 Words With Friends 13

Scrabble letter values: G₂R₁O₁W₄T₁H₄ = 13

Definition

noun (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically. — synonyms: growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis
noun a progression from simpler to more complex forms.
noun a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important. — synonyms: increase, increment
noun vegetation that has grown.
noun the gradual beginning or coming forth. — synonyms: emergence, outgrowth
noun (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor).
noun something grown or growing.

“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”
“the growth of culture”