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NOUN:
    1. The process of growing.
    2. Full development; maturity.
  2. Development from a lower or simpler to a higher or more complex form; evolution.
  3. An increase, as in size, number, value, or strength; extension or expansion: population growth.
  4. Something that grows or has grown: a new growth of grass.
  5. Pathology An abnormal mass of tissue, such as a tumor, growing in or on a living organism.
  6. A result of growth; a product: concerns that are a growth of the new responsibilities.
ADJECTIVE:
Expected to have or investing in businesses expected to have higher-than-average increases in revenues and returns: a growth stock; a growth fund.



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