grow

CEFRA1

[ˈɡɾoː]

verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To become larger, develop, or produce plants.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    To appear or sprout.

Examples

  • This year the global economy will grow by about 4 per cent.

  • What do you want to be when you grow up?

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
4
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ˈɡɾəu̯/
  • /ˈɡɾou̯/

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To undergo growth; to be present (somewhere)

  2. To become larger, to increase in magnitude.

  3. To develop, to mature.

More examples

In context

  • When I grow up, I want to be a king.

  • Apples now grow all over the world.

  • Leaf buds grew on the trees with the advance of spring.

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Origin

verb

From Middle English growen, from Old English grōwan (“to grow, increase, flourish, germinate”), from Proto-West Germanic *grōan, from Proto-Germanic *grōaną (“to grow, grow green”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (“to grow, become green”). Cognates Cognate with Dutch groeien (“to grow”), German Low German grojen (“to green; thrive; take hold; flourish”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish gro (“to grow”), Faroese grógva (“to grow”), Icelandic gróa (“to grow”); also Latin grāmen (“grass, turf; herb, plant”), herba (“grass, herbage; weeds; plant”), Ukrainian гря́ний (hrjányj, “green”). Related to growth, grass, green.