- [uncountable] the process in people, animals or plants of growing physically, mentally or emotionally
- Lack of water will stunt the plant's growth.
- Remove dead leaves to encourage new growth.
- nutrients for plant growth
- a concern with personal (= mental and emotional) growth and development
- It may be the most effective way to inhibit the growth of cancer cells
- growth hormones (= that make somebody/something grow faster)
Extra Examples- Give the plants a good pruning to encourage growth.
- Lack of food had stunted his growth.
- the excessive growth of algae in rivers
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- healthy
- normal
- abnormal
- …
- encourage
- stimulate
- inhibit
- …
- hormone
- defect
- spurt
- …
- [uncountable] an increase in the size, amount or degree of something
- The report links population growth with rural poverty.
- revenue/earnings/sales/productivity growth
- growth in something the rapid growth in violent crime
- the growth in the number of older people in the UK
- His book describes the growth of nationalism in Germany before the Second World War.
Extra ExamplesTopics Change, cause and effectb1- Recent years have seen a huge growth of interest in alternative medicine
- the exponential growth in world population
- the explosive growth of personal computers in the 1990s
- new measures to control the growth of traffic on the roads
- There was a rapid growth in the numbers of private cars.
- The factory has achieved a steady growth in output.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- considerable
- exponential
- significant
- …
- achieve
- experience
- maintain
- …
- rate
- potential
- prospects
- …
- growth in
- a rate of growth
- [uncountable] an increase in economic activity
- policies aimed at sustaining economic growth
- a period of slow growth
- a disappointing year of little growth in Britain and America
- strong/continued/future growth
- The country is experiencing a period of high growth.
- to stimulate/promote/drive growth
- to experience/achieve growth
- an annual growth rate of 10 per cent
- growth forecasts/prospects/opportunities/patterns
- markets with enormous growth potential
- contrasting UK and Swedish growth strategies
Collocations The economyThe economyManaging the economy- handle/run/manage the economy
- boost investment/spending/employment/growth
- stimulate demand/the economy/industry
- cut/reduce investment/spending/borrowing
- reduce/curb/control/keep down inflation
- create/fuel growth/demand/a boom/a bubble
- encourage/foster/promote/stimulate/stifle innovation/competition
- encourage/work with/compete with the private sector
- increase/boost/promote US/agricultural exports
- ban/restrict/block cheap/foreign imports
- the economy grows/expands/shrinks/contracts/slows (down)/recovers/improves/is booming
- enjoy an economic/housing/property boom
- push up/drive up prices/costs/inflation
- damage/hurt/destroy industry/the economy
- cause/lead to/go into/avoid/escape recession
- experience/suffer a recession/downturn
- fight/combat inflation/deflation/unemployment
- cause/create inflation/poverty/unemployment
- create/burst a housing/stock market bubble
- cause/trigger a stock market crash/the collapse of the banking system
- face/be plunged into a financial/an economic crisis
- be caught in/experience cycles of boom and bust
- cut/reduce/slash/increase/double the defence/education/aid budget
- increase/boost/slash/cut public spending
- increase/put up/raise/cut/lower/reduce taxes
- raise/cut/lower/reduce interest rates
- ease/loosen/tighten monetary policy
- balance the (state/federal) budget
- achieve/maintain a balanced budget
- run a ($4 trillion) budget deficit/surplus
- impose taxes/austerity measures
Extra ExamplesTopics Moneyb1- The economy enjoyed the highest growth rate in Asia.
- a vicious circle of low growth and low productivity
- real GDP growth
- Communications technology has proved to be a growth area.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- considerable
- exponential
- significant
- …
- achieve
- experience
- maintain
- …
- rate
- potential
- prospects
- …
- growth in
- a rate of growth
- [countable] a mass of cells caused by a disease that forms on or inside a person, an animal or a plant
- a malignant growth
- He had a cancerous growth on his lung.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- cancerous
- malignant
- benign
- …
- have
- growth on
- [uncountable, countable] something that has grown
- The forest's dense growth provides nesting places for a wide variety of birds.
- several days’ growth of beard
- Prune the shrub heavily now and fresh green growths should appear in March and April.
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