growing

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun (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
noun (electronics) the production of (semiconductor) crystals by slow crystallization from the molten state
verb pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become

He saw his party growing. — The Red Lily — Complete, Anatole France
GROWING IN WISDOM AND STATURE. — From Canal Boy to President; Or, the Boyhood and Manhood of James A. Garfield, Horatio, Jr. Alger
Don't you think his hair's growing? — The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition, Rudyard Kipling

growth, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis

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