Meaning & use
super growth
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Meaning
noununcountable
An extremely fast and often unsustainable rate of increase in size, amount, or value.
Grammar: Used as an uncountable noun, so it does not take 'a' or a plural form. For example, 'The company experienced super growth' not 'a super growth'.
Patterns
- super growth in something
- experience super growth
- a period of super growth
The tech startup saw super growth in its user base after the product went viral.
Economists warned that the super growth in housing prices could not last forever.
The region's super growth attracted investors from all over the world.
Common combinations
- super growth in
- There has been super growth in online sales this year.
- experience super growth
- The company experienced super growth after the merger.
- period of super growth
- The 1990s were a period of super growth for the internet industry.
- super growth rate
- The super growth rate of the economy surprised analysts.
Synonyms and how they differ
- hypergrowth
- A more formal term used in business for extremely rapid growth, often in startups.
- explosive growth
- Emphasizes sudden and dramatic increase, similar to super growth but more vivid.
- rapid expansion
- Focuses on the process of becoming larger, not just the rate; can be used in more contexts.
Opposites
Word family
Commonly confused: super growth or super-growth?
super growth vs super-growth
Sometimes written with a hyphen, but the unhyphenated form is more common in everyday writing.
Practice
The company's super growth in profits was ________ by increased demand.
Choose one answer.
The passive voice 'was driven by' is correct here. 'Driving' would be active and not fit with 'was', while 'drive' and 'drives' are present tense and do not match the past passive structure.
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