growth stage
Maturation point reached
Growth stage refers to a distinct phase in the development of an organism, product, or enterprise.
In biology, it marks periods like infancy, adolescence, or maturity: The plant is in its vegetative growth stage.
In business, it describes the phase when a company expands rapidly after establishing itself: Startups in the growth stage often prioritize market share over profits.
- seedlingRecently sprouted young plant
- sproutNew plant emergence
- baby stepsCautious incremental progress
- maturityFull growth achieved
- prime timeEvening TV's busiest window
juvenile · adolescence · larva · pupa · bloom · full bloom · development · flowering · ripening · bud · infancy · formative years · germination · puberty · coming of age · metamorphosis · harvest · sapling
- developmentprogress, advancement, expansion, improvement, enhancement
- growthincrease, increasing, expansion, expand, expanding
- phasesbeta phase, acute phase, design phase, moon phases, lunar cycle
- economiesmarket economy, command economy, mixed economy, barter economy, cash economy
- harvest timingripeness, peak ripeness, readiness, maturity date, late harvest
- insect developmentlarva, pupa, chrysalis, cocoon, metamorphosis
growth stagestagnation
Absence of flow or progress
dormancy · steady state · inertia · standstill · stasis
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