noun (n)

• (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level(noun.process)

  Synonym:
  development, growing, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny
  Antonym:
  nondevelopment
  

  source: wordnet30
• a progression from simpler to more complex forms(noun.process)

  Example:
  The growth of culture.
  

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• a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important(noun.process)

  Example:
  The growth of population.
  

  Synonym:
  increase, increment
  Antonym:
  decrease, decrement
  

  source: wordnet30
• vegetation that has grown(noun.group)

  Example:
  A growth of trees.
  The only growth was some salt grass.
  

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• the gradual beginning or coming forth(noun.event)

  Synonym:
  emergence, outgrowth
  

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• (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor)(noun.state)

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• something grown or growing(noun.object)

  Example:
  A growth of hair.
  

  source: wordnet30
• The process of growing; the gradual increase of an animal or a vegetable body; the development from a seed, germ, or root, to full size or maturity; increase in size, number, frequency, strength, etc.; augmentation; advancement; production; prevalence or influence; as, the growth of trade; the growth of power; the growth of intemperance. Idle weeds are fast in growth.(noun)

  source: webster1913