growth

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el crecimiento

∗ noun

growth
[grəʊθ]
sustantivo
1crecimiento (m) (increase in size)
  • a week's growth of beard -> una barba de una semana
  • a growth area -> un área de crecimiento
  • growth industry -> industria (f) en expansión
2bulto (m) (lump)

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growth [grouz]
sustantivo
1Crecimiento, crecida, medro en la altura y corpulencia de los animales y planta
sustantivo
2Producto, producción; el origen de las personas o cosas con relación al sitio donde fueron producida
sustantivo
3Vegetación. (n)
4Crecimiento, acrecentamiento, aumento, subida en el número, tamaño, frecuencia o estatura. (n)
5Aumento, ampliación, extensión de una cosa. (n)
6Adelantamiento, aprovechamiento, mejora, progreso. (n)
7Estatura completa, altura. (n)
  • This tree has not come to its full growth -> este árbol está creciendo aún

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growth [ɡrəʊθ]
noun
1 (development) [of person, animal, plant] crecimiento; (m)
spiritual growth desarrollo espiritual; (m)
malnutrition stunts growth the drug had caused decreased sex drive, unusual growth of body hair, and varied effects of his vocal chords acid mists have damaged leaves and slowed plant growth to reach [full] growth
2 (expansion) [of city] crecimiento; (m) (Economics) crecimiento; (m) desarrollo; (m)
the growth of national industries el desarrollo el crecimiento de las industrias nacionales;or
an investment that provides [capital] growth
capital
3 (increase) (in productivity, profits, demand) aumento; (m)
the growth in demand has been phenomenal there is usually an immediate growth in productivity of 20 30 per cent they're able to maintain an almost constant growth in sales we cannot account for it's increase in popularity
population growth crecimiento demográfico; (m)
the government sought to limit population growth his music experienced a tremendous growth in popularity in the fifties
4 (Bot) (vegetation) vegetación; (f) (buds, leaves) brotes; (m)
the pine tree was putting out new growth el pino estaba echando brotes nuevos
the exuberance of plant growth may produce overcrowding a long, low, sandy sea island, almost denuded of growth, save a few palmetto trees
5 (beard)
with three days' growth on his face con barba de tres días
6 (Med) tumor; (m)
I have cancer. They operated. But the growth is malignant
modifier
growth area (n) (Economics) [of country] polo de desarrollo; (m) [of industry] sector en crecimiento expansión; (m)or
Communication is a growth area, creative writing perhaps is not Real estate lending has become the biggest growth area for American banks
growth hormone (n) hormona del crecimiento; (f)
some athletes are using human growth hormone with, or instead of, steroids the use of illegal growth hormones to treat animals where they are unaware that they are due for slaughter is an area of concern 1,700 youngsters who underwent courses of growth hormone treatment
growth industry (n) industria en crecimiento expansión; (f)or
growth point (n) punto de desarrollo; (m)
growth potential (n) potencial de crecimiento; (m)
the shares are regarded as having excellent growth potential
growth rate (n) (Economics) tasa de crecimiento; (f)
growth shares (n) (US)
growth stock See culture box in entry growth.
growth stock (n) acciones con perspectivas de valorización; (f)
growth town (n) ciudad en vías de desarrollo; (f)

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