growing
pronunciation
How to pronounce growing in British English:
UK [ˈɡrəʊɪŋ]
How to pronounce growing in American English:
US [ˈɡroʊɪŋ]
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- 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
- (electronics) the production of (semiconductor) crystals by slow crystallization from the molten state
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- Adjective:
- increasing in size or degree or amount
- having or showing vigorous vegetal or animal life
- relating to or suitable for growth
Word Origin
- growing (adj.)
- Old English, present participle adjective from grow (v.). Growing season is attested from 1729; growing pains by 1752.
- growing (n.)
- late 14c., "a gradual increase, action of causing to increase," verbal noun from grow (v.). Meaning "that which has grown, a crop" is from 1540s. Dialectal growsome "tending to make things grow" is from 1570s.
Example
- 1. She says the list is growing every day .
- 2. The world may indeed be growing masses of calories .
- 3. Another possible explanation is america 's growing income inequality .
- 4. Our private demand is growing faster .
- 5. China 's labour supply is still growing .