growing
Americanadjective
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becoming greater in quantity, size, extent, or intensity.
growing discontent among industrial workers.
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having or showing life.
Other Word Forms
- growingly adverb
- ungrowing adjective
Etymology
Origin of growing
First recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English growende. See grow, -ing 2
Example Sentences
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A growing number report vessels are running out of food, while 200 seafarers wanted help getting off a ship to go home.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
There is growing concern about the risk to US service personnel in this conflict, particularly amid talk of a possible ground invasion.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
In California too few children on Medi-Cal like Kekoa are getting their eyes checked, and the problem is growing worse.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026
Saturn's surroundings are of growing interest because of Enceladus, a moon that ejects icy plumes from a subsurface ocean and may potentially support life.
From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026
Back to the time when Father was a small boy growing up in this same house.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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