growing
adjective/ˈɡrəʊɪŋ/
/ˈɡrəʊɪŋ/
[only before noun]- increasing in size, amount or degree
- A growing number of people are returning to full-time education.
- one of the country’s fastest growing industries
- There is growing concern over the safety of the missing teenager.
- There is growing opposition to the latest proposals.
- Shortage of water is a growing problem.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryGrowing is used with these nouns:- acceptance
- agitation
- alarm
- …
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- becoming bigger and taller and developing into an adult
- A growing child needs plenty of sleep.
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