observing growth
noun phraseUK /əbˈzɜːvɪŋ ɡrəʊθ/
US /əbˈzɜːrvɪŋ ɡroʊθ/
Watching something get bigger or change over time.
Observing growth is fun when you measure your plant every week.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. Keeping track of how a person or thing gets better or bigger.
The teacher is observing growth in her students' reading skills.
3. Watching a living thing develop day by day.
Observing growth of the baby birds helped us learn about nature.
4. Noticing how something changes as time passes.
Observing growth in the garden taught us about the seasons.