growth

B1 Topic:Economics & Markets

US /ɡɹoʊθ/ UK /ɡɹəʊθ/ See IPA manual

Minimal pairs

Sounds like gross /θ/ vs /s/

Freq #5437

Meanings

1

noun
An increase in size, number, value, or strength.

The country has seen steady economic growth this year.
2

noun
The process of developing and becoming more mature.

Travel can lead to real personal growth.
3

noun
Something that has grown, such as plants or a lump on the body.

The doctor removed a small growth from his arm.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · an increase in size,... enlargement expansion increase

3 noun · something that has grown,... vegetation

More cancer mass

Opposites

contraction decrease decrement nondevelopment reduction

Word family

Forms growthsregrowth

Derived forms aftergrowthantigrowthautogrowthcogrowthdegrowthedgrowthepigrowthgrowth-retardinggrowthfulgrowthismgrowthistgrowthless

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Phrases (5)

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determinate growth
growth that stops after reaching a particular size or developmental stage

Adjective + noun
population growth
an increase in the number of people living in an area

Noun + noun
excessive growth
an increase that goes beyond a useful, necessary, or manageable amount

Adjective + noun
uncontrolled growth
an increase or development that proceeds without effective limits or regulation

Adjective + noun
unimpeded growth
development or increase that continues without being obstructed or delayed

Adjective + noun

Idioms (2)

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hockey stick
Matching variant: hockey-stick growth

a pattern of slow or flat growth followed by a sudden, dramatic rise
growth hacking
using creative, low-cost, data-driven experiments to grow a user base rapidly

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.

*gʰreh₁- Proto-Indo-European

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Topics

Economics & Markets Cause, Change & Process

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# growth

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ɡɹoʊθ/
**IPA (UK):** /ɡɹəʊθ/
**Frequency rank:** 5437

## Meanings
1. An increase in size, number, value, or strength.
2. The process of developing and becoming more mature.
3. Something that has grown, such as plants or a lump on the body.

## Examples
- The country has seen steady economic growth this year.
- Travel can lead to real personal growth.
- The doctor removed a small growth from his arm.

## Synonyms
- cancer
- mass

## Antonyms
- contraction
- decrease
- decrement
- nondevelopment
- reduction

## Derived Forms
- aftergrowth
- antigrowth
- autogrowth
- cogrowth
- degrowth
- edgrowth
- epigrowth
- growth-retarding
- growthful
- growthism
- growthist
- growthless

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *gʰreh₁-
- Affix: -th - state

## 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.

## AI Etymology
Growth comes 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. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern nominal form is built from the named base and affix. The historical line also includes *gʰreh₁- (Proto-Indo-European). In current use, the main senses are “An increase in size, number, value, or strength” and “The process of developing and becoming more mature”.

## Topics
- Economics & Markets
- Cause, Change & Process

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