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kasvu — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • crescendo noun A gradual increase in intensity, loudness, or excitement, often building to a peak.
  • growing noun The process of increasing, developing, or cultivating.
  • growth noun An increase in size, amount or value over time.
  • increase verb To become larger in amount, number, or degree.
  • increment noun The action of increasing or becoming greater.
  • wax noun A soft, oily solid substance, such as beeswax or paraffin, used for candles, polish, and other purposes.

Senses

kasvu is used for these senses in English:

  • accretion (uncountable, also, figurative) Increase by natural growth, especially the gradual increase of organic bodies by the internal addition of matter; organic growth; also, the amount of such growth. [from early 17th c.]
  • coming of age A person's journey from childhood or adolescence to adulthood.
  • coming-of-age Of or pertaining to a person's journey from childhood or adolescence to adulthood.
  • crescendo (figuratively) A gradual increase of anything, especially to a dramatic climax.
  • crescendo (figuratively, nonstandard) The climax of a gradual increase.
  • growing growth; increase
  • increase An amount by which a quantity is increased.
  • wax (rare) The process of growing.

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