growth

English

Etymology

From grow +‎ -th. Compare North Frisian greyde (“growth, pasture”), Faroese grøði, Danish grøde (“fruits”), Swedish gröda (“crop, harvest”). More at grow.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɡɹoʊθ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɡɹəʊθ/

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• Rhymes: -əʊθ

Noun

growth (countable and uncountable, plural growths)

1. An increase in size, number, value, or strength.
   • 2013 June 22, “Engineers of a different kind”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 70:

     Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers. […] Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster. Clever financial ploys are what have made billionaires of the industry’s veterans. “Operational improvement” in a portfolio company has often meant little more than promising colossal bonuses to sitting chief executives if they meet ambitious growth targets. That model is still prevalent today.

   Growth was dampened by a softening of the global economy in 2001, but picked up in the subsequent years due to strong growth in China.

2. (biology) The act of growing, getting bigger or higher.
3. (biology) Something that grows or has grown.
4. (pathology) An abnormal mass such as a tumor.

Synonyms

• (increase in size): enlargement, expansion, increase, increment
• (act of growing): development, maturation
• (something that grows or has grown): vegetation
• (pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor): outgrowth, cancer, mass

Antonyms

• (increase in size): contraction, decrease, decrement, reduction
• (act of growing): nondevelopment

Hyponyms

• (pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor): tumor

Derived terms

Terms derived from growth

• economic growth
• growth factor
• growth hacker
• growth hormone
• growth medium
• growth ring
• growth spurt
• growth stock
• negative growth
• outgrowth
• overgrowth
• undergrowth
• zero growth

 

Translations

increase in size

• Arabic: تَنْمِيَة‎ f (tanmiya), نُمُو‎ (numū)
• Armenian: աճ (hy) (ač)
• Bashkir: ҙурайыу (ðurayïw), үҫеш (üθeš)
• Belarusian: рост m (rost)
• Breton: kresk
• Bulgarian: расте́ж (bg) m (rastéž), ръст (bg) m (rǎst)
• Catalan: creixement (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 生長, 生长 (sang¹ zoeng²)

  Mandarin: 生長 (zh), 生长 (zh) (shēngzhǎng)

  Min Nan: 生長 (zh-min-nan), 生长 (sing-tióng)

• Czech: růst (cs) m, vzrůst m, nárůst (cs) m
• Danish: vækst c
• Dutch: groei (nl) m, toename (nl)
• Esperanto: kreskiĝo
• Faroese: vøkstur m
• Finnish: kasvu (fi)
• French: croissance (fr) f
• Galician: crecemento (gl) m
• Georgian: ზრდა (zrda), გაზრდა (gazrda), მატება (maṭeba), მომატება (momaṭeba)
• German: Wachstum (de) n
• Greek: ανάπτυξη (el) f (anáptyxi)

  Ancient: αὔξησις f (aúxēsis)

• Hebrew: גדילה‎ f (gdilɑ), צמיחה‎ f (tsmiḥɑ)
• Hungarian: növekedés (hu)
• Irish: forás m, fás m, borrúlacht f
• Italian: crescita (it) f
• Japanese: (animals, economy)成長 (ja) (せいちょう, seichō), (plants) 生長 (ja) (せいちょう, seichō)

• Korean: 성장 (ko) (seongjang), 생장 (saengjang)
• Latin: auctus (la) m
• Latvian: augšana f
• Lithuanian: augimas (lt) m
• Macedonian: раст m (rast), развој m (razvoj) (development)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: vekst m, framvekst m

  Nynorsk: vekst m, framvekst m

• Occitan: creissença f
• Old Norse: vǫxtr
• Persian: رشد‎ (fa) (rošd)
• Polish: wzrost (pl) m inan, rozwój (pl) m inan
• Portuguese: acréscimo (pt) m, crescimento (pt)
• Russian: рост (ru) m (rost), разви́тие (ru) n (razvítije) (development)
• Scottish Gaelic: fàs m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: раст m

  Roman: rast (sh) m

• Slovak: rast m, vzrast m
• Slovene: rast (sl) f, porast f
• Spanish: crecimiento (es) m
• Swahili: ukuaji (sw)
• Swedish: stigande (sv) n, tilltagande (sv) n, tillväxt (sv) c, utvidgning (sv) c
• Turkish: büyüme (tr)
• Ukrainian: ріст m (rist)
• Welsh: cynnydd m
• West Frisian: groei c oanwaaks c

act of growing

• Armenian: աճ (hy) (ač)
• Bashkir: үҫеш (üθeš)
• Bulgarian: нарастване (bg) n (narastvane)
• Czech: růst (cs) m
• Dutch: groei (nl) m
• Finnish: kasvu (fi)
• Georgian: ზრდა (zrda), გაზრდა (gazrda)
• German: Wachstum (de) n
• Hebrew: צמיחה‎ f (tsmiḥɑ)
• Irish: breisiú m, forás m, fás m, borrúlacht f
• Italian: crescita (it) f
• Macedonian: раст m (rast), растење n (rastenje)
• Norwegian: vekst
• Persian: رویش‎ (fa) (ruyeš)

• Polish: rośnięcie (pl) n, wzrastanie (pl) n (literary)
• Portuguese: crescimento (pt) m
• Russian: рост (ru) m (rost)
• Scottish Gaelic: fàs m
• Slovak: rast m
• Slovene: rast (sl) f
• Spanish: crecimiento (es) m
• Swahili: ukuaji (sw)
• Swedish: tillväxt (sv) c, växt (sv) c, utveckling (sv) c
• Turkish: büyüme (tr)
• Ukrainian: прирі́ст (pryríst)
• Welsh: twf m
• West Frisian: groei c oanwaaks c

something that grows or has grown

• Czech: porost (cs) m
• Dutch: groei (nl)
• Finnish: kasvu (fi)
• Georgian: ნამატი (namaṭi)
• Hebrew: צמחייה‎ f (tsimḥiɑ)

• Macedonian: израсток m (izrastok)
• Slovene: rastje n
• Swedish: vegetation (sv) c, växt (sv) c, växtlighet (sv) c

pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor

• Czech: bujení n
• Finnish: kasvain (fi), kasvannainen, pesäke (fi)
• French: croissance (fr) f
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Geschwulst (de) f
• Hebrew: גידול‎ (he) m (gidul)
• Italian: crescita (it)

• Macedonian: израсток m (izrastok)
• Maori: ngene (benign and on the skin)
• Polish: narośl (pl) f
• Portuguese: crescimento (pt)
• Spanish: crecimiento (es)
• Swedish: svulst (sv) c, växt (sv) c, utväxt (sv) c

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Translations to be checked

• Georgian: ^{(please verify)} ზრდა (zrda), ^{(please verify)} ნამატი (namaṭi)