growth

/groʊθ/ n [C/U]

Definition

› the process of developing or of increasing in size: [U] Plant growth is most noticeable in spring. [U] His budget is designed to promote economic growth in this country. › A growth is also tissue growing on the outside or inside of a person, animal, or plant which is caused by a disease.

(Definition of growth n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)