verb / intransitive · neutral
grow
UK/ɡrəʊ/US/ɡroʊ/GROW
task1speaking
to become larger or to increase in amount or degree
Examples
“The tech sector grew rapidly in the 2000s.”
“House prices grew at a steady pace over five years.”
“The population of the city continued to grow.”
Band 8 sentence
“Manufacturing output grew consistently over the period, contributing significantly to national GDP growth.”
Collocations
- grow rapidly / grow steadily
- grow by X% / grow to X
- sustained growth / economic growth
Word family
grow vgrowth ngrowing adj
Common mistakes
The GDP was grown by 3% last year.→The GDP grew by 3% last year.
There was a growth up in sales.→There was growth in sales.
Say it for a higher band
5get bigger→6increase→7+grow
Synonyms
increase
expand
Easily confused
increase
“The company's revenue increased by 10% last quarter.”
expand
“The business expanded into three new regions last year.”
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