growing

[groh-ing]

adjective

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

   growing discontent among industrial workers.

2. having or showing life.

Other Word Forms

• growingly adverb
• ungrowing adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of growing¹

First recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English growende. See grow, -ing ²

Example Sentences

When she was a teenager growing up in Sweden, "Vogue represented the world out there, something glamorous and different and the wide horizons that I was striving for."

From BBC

Steadily, “Sirât” has become, since its debut at Cannes in May, a growing favorite: not merely a critic’s darling but an obsession among those who’ve seen it.

From Los Angeles Times

But can they keep growing - and, ultimately, can they win the next general election?

From BBC

The government's often stated number one priority has been to get the economy growing.

From BBC

But Higuita had both the bravado and bravery of a child who lost his mother when he was young, growing up with his grandparents in a Medellin neighbourhood gripped by drug feuds and social problems.

From BBC

Related Words

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• thriving 
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