definition of
[growth]

[1] #1 growth n. [growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis] (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; "he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children". wn

[2] #2 growth n. a progression from simpler to more complex forms; "the growth of culture". wn

[3] #3 growth n. [increase, increment] a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important; "the increase in unemployment"; "the growth of population". wn

[4] #4 growth n. vegetation that has grown; "a growth of trees"; "the only growth was some salt grass". wn

[5] #5 growth n. [emergence, outgrowth] the gradual beginning or coming forth; "figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece". wn