growth cycle
Maturation pattern repeated
A growth cycle is the recurring sequence of stages something passes through as it develops, matures, and renews.
Plants have growth cycles tied to seasons; economies have growth cycles of expansion and contraction; businesses track growth cycles from startup through maturity.
The term emphasizes that growth follows predictable patterns rather than occurring randomly: We're in the early stage of the growth cycle.
- lifecycleStages from beginning to end
- life stagePeriod of development
- harvestGathering mature crops
- germinationSeed's initial growth phase
- maturityFull growth achieved
bloom · seedling · development · progression · renewal · dormancy · flourishing · decay · regeneration · sprouting · seasons · ripening · budding · fruiting · cultivation · crop rotation · pruning · yield
- growthincrease, increasing, expansion, expand, expanding
- hairhair, haircut, hairstyle, hair loss, coily
- cyclescircle of life, period, rhythms, oscillations, full circle
- seasonsautumn, summer, winter, spring, fall
- gardeninggardener, gardening, flowers, seeds, soil
- biorhythmscircadian rhythm, circadian rhythms, circadian clock, biological clocks, biological clock
growth cycleshrinkage
Decrease in size
downturn · degrowth · economic contraction · atrophy · diminution
growth cyclestagnation
Absence of flow or progress
linear progression · equilibrium · steady state · arrested development
growth, cycle, grow, grows, grew, grown, growing, grower, growers