growth
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
(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
Types & categories
- organic process hypernym
- culture hyponym
- amelogenesis hyponym
- angiogenesis hyponym
- apposition hyponym
- auxesis hyponym
- inflorescence hyponym
- cenogenesis hyponym
- cohesion hyponym
- cultivation hyponym
- cytogenesis hyponym
- foliation hyponym
- fructification hyponym
- gametogenesis hyponym
- germination hyponym
- habit hyponym
- infructescence hyponym
- intussusception hyponym
- juvenescence hyponym
- life cycle hyponym
- masculinization hyponym
- morphogenesis hyponym
- myelinization hyponym
- neurogenesis hyponym
- recapitulation hyponym
- proliferation hyponym
- psychogenesis hyponym
- psychogenesis hyponym
- psychomotor development hyponym
- psychosexual development hyponym
- rooting hyponym
- suppression hyponym
- dentition hyponym
- teratogenesis hyponym
- vegetation hyponym
Parts & wholes
- gastrulation part meronym
Related & opposite
- nondevelopment antonym
- acquire derivation
- grow derivation
- grow derivation
- senesce derivation
- maturate derivation
- develop derivation
- ontogenetic derivation
- developmental derivation
- maturational derivation
- biology domain topic
- isometry has domain topic
Sense 2 noun
a progression from simpler to more complex forms
the growth of culture
Types & categories
- evolution hypernym
Related & opposite
- maturate derivation
Sense 3 noun
a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important
the increase in unemployment
Types & categories
- physical process hypernym
- accession hyponym
- accumulation hyponym
- accretion hyponym
- accretion hyponym
- accretion hyponym
- multiplication hyponym
- population growth hyponym
- proliferation hyponym
- pullulation hyponym
- relaxation hyponym
- widening hyponym
Related & opposite
- decrease antonym
- increase derivation
- increase derivation
- grow derivation
- incremental derivation
Sense 4 noun
vegetation that has grown
a growth of trees
Types & categories
- flora hypernym
Related & opposite
- farm derivation
Sense 5 noun
the gradual beginning or coming forth
figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece
Types & categories
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Sense 6 noun
(pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor)
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- pathology domain topic
Sense 7 noun
something grown or growing
a growth of hair
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | nondevelopment |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | acquire |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | grow |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | grow |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | senesce |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | maturate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | develop |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | ontogenetic |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | developmental |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | maturational |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | biology |
| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | isometry |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | gastrulation |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | organic process |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | culture |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | amelogenesis |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | angiogenesis |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | apposition |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | auxesis |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | inflorescence |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cenogenesis |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cohesion |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cultivation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cytogenesis |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | foliation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fructification |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | gametogenesis |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | germination |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | habit |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | infructescence |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | intussusception |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | juvenescence |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | life cycle |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | masculinization |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | morphogenesis |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | myelinization |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | neurogenesis |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | recapitulation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | proliferation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | psychogenesis |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | psychogenesis |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | psychomotor development |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | psychosexual development |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | rooting |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | suppression |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dentition |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | teratogenesis |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | vegetation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | maturate |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | evolution |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | decrease |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | increase |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | increase |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | grow |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | incremental |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | physical process |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | accession |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | accumulation |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | accretion |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | accretion |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | accretion |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | multiplication |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | population growth |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | proliferation |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | pullulation |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | relaxation |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | widening |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | farm |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | flora |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | grow |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | emerge |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | arise |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | beginning |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | rise |
| 6 | domain topic | Related & opposite | pathology |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | illness |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | excrescence |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | exostosis |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | polyp |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | peduncle |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | tumor |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | hamartoma |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | object |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | ingrowth |