Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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increase | Yes | No | Yes | No |
growth | Yes | No | No | No |
increase (noun) | growth (noun) |
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the act of increasing something | the gradual beginning or coming forth |
the amount by which something increases | vegetation that has grown |
a change resulting in an increase | something grown or growing |
a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important | (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 |
a quantity that is added | a progression from simpler to more complex forms |
a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important | |
(pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor) |
increase (verb) | growth (verb) |
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become bigger or greater in amount | |
make bigger or more |