growing
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡɹoʊɪŋ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡɹəʊɪŋ/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -əʊɪŋ
Verb
growing
- present participle of grow
Noun
growing (plural growings)
- growth; increase
- 1852, Henry Howe, Historical Collections of the Great West:
- Some of these unhappy emigrants felt a general sinking of all their mental and bodily energies, without, however, experiencing the growings of hunger.
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- (attributive) Connected with growing
- The growing season here begins in March.
Derived terms
- evergrowing
- fastgrowing
- growing pains
- growing season
Translations
growth; increase
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connected with growing
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References
- “growing”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “growing” in the Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- “growing”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “growing”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary