outgrowth

  • 11outgrowth — [[t]a͟ʊtgroʊθ[/t]] outgrowths N COUNT: usu N of n Something that is an outgrowth of another thing has developed naturally as a result of it. Her first book is an outgrowth of an art project she began in 1988. Syn: consequence …

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  • 12outgrowth — /owt grohth /, n. 1. a natural development, product, or result: to consider truancy an outgrowth of parental neglect. 2. an additional, supplementary result. 3. a growing out or forth. 4. something that grows out; offshoot; excrescence. [1830 40; …

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  • 13outgrowth — out|growth [ aut,grouθ ] noun count something that develops from something else: The Internet itself is an outgrowth of a computer network in the U.S Defense Department …

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  • 14outgrowth — noun (C) 1 a natural result of something, especially an unpleasant one: Crime is often an outgrowth of poverty. 2 technical something that grows out of something else …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 15outgrowth — noun a) Anything that grows out of something else b) A branch or offshoot of a plant …

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  • 16outgrowth — Synonyms and related words: artifact, benign tumor, brainchild, budding, burgeoning, by product, callosity, callus, cancer, carcinoma, child, coinage, composition, concoction, consequence, consequent, corn, corollary, creation, creature, crowning …

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  • 17outgrowth — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. development, result, outcome, offshoot; excrescence. See effect, convexity. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A product] Syn. end result, outcome, effect; see end 2 , result . 2. [A projection] Syn. offshoot,… …

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  • 18outgrowth — aÊŠtgrəʊθ n. growth, offshoot; natural result, development …

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  • 19outgrowth — noun 1》 something that grows out of something else. 2》 a natural development or result. 3》 the process of growing out …

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  • 20outgrowth — n. Offshoot, result …

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