growth

Meaning

1. An increase in size, number, value, or strength.
2. Ellipsis of economic growth.
3. An increase in psychological strength or resilience; an increased ability to overcome adversity.
4. The act of growing, getting bigger or higher.
5. Something that grows or has grown.
6. An abnormal mass such as a tumor.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡɹoʊθ/

Etymology

From grow + -th. 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.

Sentences

Carthage's prosperity fostered the growth of the Berber kingdoms , Numidia and Mauretania .