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growing

[groh-ing]

adjective

  1. becoming greater in quantity, size, extent, or intensity.

    growing discontent among industrial workers.

  2. having or showing life.



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Other 51Թ Forms

  • growingly adverb
  • ungrowing adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of growing1

First recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English growende. See grow, -ing 2
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Ada, 11, said she was concerned air pollution would affect herself and her friends with asthma as "children's bodies are still growing".

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There is growing optimism that the EU-UK trade and co-operation agreement will benefit farmers, and small food businesses in particular, by reducing red tape at the border and reopening trade routes.

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There are not enough workers to fill all the jobs a healthy, growing U.S. economy generates, especially in low-wage industries.

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Preteen Elio is on a misanthropic trajectory that, if not recalibrated, could result in him growing up to marry a pillow.

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"Limited resourcing has restricted the police service's ability to respond to growing operational pressures," Mr Comfort said in the letter.

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