Real Dictionary

growth
a distinguishing quality, attribute, or trait [...]
a lack of something necessary for completeness or perfection; shortcoming; deficiency [...]
a meeting hall, esp one used for a legislative or judicial assembly [...]
a portion of time of indefinable length [...]
a quantity or amount considered in relation to or measured against another quantity or amount [...]
a shallow usually circular dish made of porcelain, earthenware, glass, etc, on which food is served or from which food is eaten [...]
external or existing circumstances [...]
one of a number of auxiliary variables in terms of which all the variables in an implicit functional relationship can be explicitly expressed [...]
something that restricts; a restrictive measure, law, etc [...]
superior or more favourable position or power [...]
the act of responding; reply or reaction [...]
the act of taking a person into custody, esp under lawful authority [...]
the act, process, or art of performing [...]
the physical and biochemical characteristics of an organism as determined by the interaction of its genetic constitution and the environment [...]
the process or act of growing, esp in organisms following assimilation of food [...]
uncountable noun: The growth of something such as an industry, organization, or idea is its development in size, wealth, or importance.