growth
Pronunciation
[change]Noun
[change]- The act of growing (getting bigger); an increase in size, number, value, or strength.
- I'm pleased with the growth in value of our house in the years after we bought it.
- Something that grows or has grown; a mass that is not normal, such as a tumor.
- There was a healthy growth of bushes near the house.
- He died of a growth in his brain.