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• present participle of grow.

growing

American  

[groh-ing] / ˈgroʊ ɪŋ /

adjective

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

   growing discontent among industrial workers.

2. having or showing life.

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Other Word Forms

• ungrowing
  adjective
• growingly
  adverb

Etymology

Origin of growing

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

Explanation

A growing thing (or person) is in the process of developing, often by getting bigger. You can argue for a second helping of cake by saying, "I'm a growing kid!" Your puppy is a growing animal, changing and developing into an adult dog, and your cactus is a growing plant, even if the only evidence of that growth is one pink bloom each year. You can also use this adjective for things that increase, like your growing bank account or your growing interest in woodworking. As a noun, growing means the biological process of change and development itself: "Growing isn't always easy, but we all have to do it."

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

growing

“There’s a growing consensus that the lack of sand on beaches results from concrete lining up the channels from years ago,” Johnson said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

Also on the agenda is the president’s third-country removal policy and the growing pains of SCOTUSblog.

From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026

"I used to watch the show growing up with my mum," he recalls.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Recognizing the growing risks at home and abroad, the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

I am Maeve, I thought, remembering the day I had twirled over the rocks singing, with nothing to worry about, with Maggie still home and the potatoes growing green in the field.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff

Related Words

• burgeoning
• developing
• expanding
• flourishing
• spreading
• thriving
• viable