growth

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  1. noun The process of growing.
  2. noun Full development; maturity.
  3. noun Development from a lower or simpler to a higher or more complex form; evolution.

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  • We have heard of the seeds of wheat and pease found in mummy pits coming to life, though they may be thousands of years old when the elements necessary for their growth are afforded them, but what proof is there of this? —  MY STRANGE PETS AND Other Memories of Country Life
  • Its further growth is all needed in order for China to escape the traps that kept the nation and people in the mud for long.
  • However, at least half of the growth is attributable to consumers switching from pre-mixed spirits to beer following the federal Government's decision last April to increase the excise charged on spirit-based ready-to-drink (RTD) products by 70 per cent. —  The Australian | News |
  • Ninety-one percent of this growth was accounted for by YouTube. —  TG Daily - All News
  • The Chamber's Business Programs and Services Committee will thoroughly review all applications on criteria including, but not limited to, success of the business to date, prospects for growth, and how this growth has been achieved, entrepreneurial success and philanthropic mindset of the company. —  Kansas City Kansan Homepage RSS
 

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development ·  increase ·  structure ·  progress ·  strength ·  expansion ·  product ·  improvement ·  flow

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growth:   growths
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  1. from grow + -th, after Icelandic grōdhr, grōdhi, growth.
 

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