See Also: vulnerable(dictionary)
vulnerable(dictionary)
vulnerable period(medicine)
vulnerable phase(medicine)
vulnerable child syndrome(medicine)

growth (oh) and vulnerable (iou)


growth (oh)



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1 ?increase?
2 ?business/economy?
3 ?size/strength?
4 ?importance?
5 ?personal development?
6 ?disease?
7 ?growing thing?
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[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: grow]
?INCREASE?
[singular,U] an increase in amount, number, or size
-opposite decline decline growth in/of
::We've seen an enormous growth in the number of businesses using the Web.
::the rapid growth of world population
::the recent growth of interest in African Music
?BUSINESS/ECONOMY?
[singular,U] an increase in the value of goods or Services produced and sold by a business or a country
-opposite decline decline
::measures to stimulate economic growth
strong/rapid/slow etc growth
::a period of rapid growth in the economy
::The company is preparing for zero growth (=no growth) this year.
growth area/industry
::Debt collection is a huge growth industry.
?SIZE/STRENGTH?
[singular,U] the development of the physical size, strength etc of a person, animal, or plant over a period of time
::Vitamins are essential for healthy growth.
::a means of stimulating plant growth
:: a growth hormone (=substance in the body that causes you to grow)
?IMPORTANCE?
[singular,U] a gradual increase in the importance or influence that something has
growth of
::Cinemas declined with the growth of Television.
?PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT?
[U] the development of someone's character, intelligence, or emotions
::A loving Home is essential for a child's personal growth .
emotional/intellectual/spiritual etc growth
::the journey toward spiritual growth
?DISEASE?
[C] a swelling on or inside a person, animal, or plant, caused by disease
-see also tumour tumour
::a cancerous growth
growth on
::a growth on his lung
?GROWING THING?
[U and C] something that has grown
::Feed the plants to encourage new growth.
::His chin bore a thick growth of stubble.

vulnerable (iou)



vulnerable adjective. E17.
[Late Latin vulnerabilis wounding, from vulnerare VULNERATE: see -ABLE. Cf. earlier INVULNERABLE.]
Wounding, injurious. rare. Only in E17.
Able to be wounded; (of a person) able to be physically or emotionally hurt; liable to damage or harm, esp. from aggression or attack, assailable. (Foll. by to.) E17.
W. Perriam I do understand you're feeling very vulnerable. D. Halberstam Our troops..were vulnerable to the night strikes of the Chinese. Soldier of Fortune The vulnerable vital points of the human anatomy.
Bridge. Of a side: liable to increased penalties or bonuses as a result of having won a game. E20.
vulnerability noun the state or quality of being vulnerable E19.
vulnerableness noun E18.
vulnerably adverb M19.