ADJ
- considerable, dramatic, enormous, exponential, impressive, phenomenal, significant, spectacular, strong, tremendous
- the exponential growth in world population
- explosive, fast, rapid
- the explosive growth of personal computers in the 1990s
- modest, slow, steady
- The factory has achieved a steady growth in output
- low
- a vicious circle of low growth and low productivity
- long-term
- economic, industrial
- population
VERB + GROWTH
- achieve
- maintain, sustain
- encourage, promote, stimulate
- control
- new measures to control the growth of traffic on the roads
GROWTH + NOUN
- rate
- The economy enjoyed the highest growth rate in Asia
- area, industry
- Communications technology has proved to be a growth area
PREP
- ~ in
- There was a rapid growth in the numbers of private cars
ADJ
- healthy, normal
- A good diet is vital for healthy growth
- excessive
- the excessive growth of algae in rivers
- intellectual, personal, spiritual
VERB + GROWTH
- encourage
- Give the plants a good pruning to encourage growth
- stunt
- Lack of food had stunted his growth
ADJ
- cancerous, malignant
- benign
PREP
- ~ on
- He had a cancerous growth on his lung