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growing

growing

1 1.7
A living thing getting bigger over time
  • noun
  • /ˈɡroʊɪŋ/
translation icon : crecimiento
  • Just the self growth, the learning, the growing, the comprehending.
  • growing list
  • fastest-growing

Just the self growth, the learning, the growing, the comprehending.

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Examples

  • Start a growth group for growing in your relationships.

  • The Growing Group has consistently done well in terms of economic growth.

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  • In terms of total consumption, the EU, US, and Japan are the highest, but in terms of growth rate, the Growing Group is out ahead.

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  • Thus, my long-term expectation is that the growth rate of the Growing Group is likely to decline.

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  • The use of higher taxes on oil consumption and carbon taxes has inadvertently benefited the Growing Group as well.

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  • Many solar panels are also produced in the Growing Group, and refineries that would be deemed too polluting for developed economies are built in countries of the Growing Group.

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  • The growing of children is a beautiful process to witness as they learn and develop.

  • The growing of plants requires careful attention to sunlight and water.

  • Observing the growing of a city over the years reveals the changes in its community.

Synonyms

development
vsgrowing
  • Specialized
158 2.0

The way a living thing grows and becomes more complex

is narrower and focuses on natural bodily size and complexity increase
growth
vsgrowing
137 1.4

An increase in size and parts of a living thing over time

is the verbal form for the same ongoing biological process
maturation
vsgrowing
11 5.3

Becoming fully grown and developed, for example in people or wine

is the ongoing increase before that final adult stage
ontogeny
vsgrowing
  • Specialized
1 9.9

The change and growth of an animal or plant from its earliest stage to adult

is the everyday label for that same life process
ontogenesis
vsgrowing
  • Specialized
9.9

The development of an animal or plant from a single cell to a fully grown adult

is the general term used for the same biological change

Antonyms

7 3.2

A decrease in size, amount, or value

Becoming less in size, number, amount or importance

Compounds

67 3.5

Something that gets much bigger or more common very quickly

The part of the year when plants grow best

growing pains
  • Informal
8 4.0

Problems a person, group, or business has when they start to grow

1 2.7

An increasing demand for something

More and more people in a group or place feel unhappy about something

A problem that becomes more serious or affects more people over time

Aches in the legs or joints that children feel at night

A plant that reaches a great height with long thin stems

Becomes larger very quickly, often about plants or tumors

How Much

growing
1 1.7
growth
137 1.4

Surface Forms

growing singular
growings plural

Morphology

growing = grow (transparent) = grow + ing

The noun is a gerund/nominalization formed from the verb 'grow' with the regular '-ing' suffix denoting the process; meaning is directly derived.

Etymology

Growing comes from the old English verb grow, which meant 'to become bigger'. So in biology, growing is the natural process of getting larger or more complex.