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单词 growing
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growingadjective

uk/ˈɡrəʊ.ɪŋ/us/ˈɡroʊ.ɪŋ/

B2 increasing in size or quantity:

There is a growing awareness of the seriousness of this disease.
A growing boy needs his food.

More examples

  • There is a growing current of support for green issues among voters.
  • Desperate measures are needed to deal with the growing drug problem.
  • They noted the consumers' growing demand for quicker service.
  • There is a growing number of women in high-profile positions in the government.
  • Many small businesses started up in the 1980s to cater to this growing market.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Increasing and intensifying

  • -ify
  • a snowball effect idiom
  • accretion
  • accumulate
  • accumulative
  • add fuel to the fire idiom
  • balloon
  • bump
  • dial
  • heighten
  • hot up
  • increase
  • increment
  • pile
  • rack
  • speed-up
  • spurt
  • step
  • step sth up
  • supersize

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growingadjective [ not gradable ]

us/ˈɡroʊ·ɪŋ/

growing adjective [ not gradable ] (INCREASING)

increasing in size or amount:

There is a growing awareness of the seriousness of this disease.

growingadjective [ only before noun ]

uk/ˈɡrəʊɪŋ/us

increasing in size or quantity:

There is a growing awareness of the importance of recycling.
We have had to hire five more employees to meet growing demand.
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