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[ out-grohth ] / ˈaʊtˌgroʊθ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR outgrowth ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna natural development, product, or result: to consider truancy an outgrowth of parental neglect. an additional, supplementary result. a growing out or forth. something that grows out; offshoot; excrescence. Origin of outgrowthFirst recorded in 1830–40; out- + growth Words nearby outgrowthoutgo, outgoing, outgoings, out-group, outgrow, outgrowth, outguess, outgun, out-half, outhandle, outhaul Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for outgrowthSenate Bill 1070 is often seen as an outgrowth of Mexican migration. The Governor Who Hates Her State|Bryan Curtis|July 19, 2010|DAILY BEAST MacGruber, made for less than $11 million, is an outgrowth of the Pepsi commercial that aired during the Super Bowl in 2009. Inside Lorne Michaels' Bubble|Lloyd Grove|May 11, 2010|DAILY BEAST Bachmann justified her behavior as an outgrowth of her religious convictions. The Hate Monger of Minnesota|Max Blumenthal|October 28, 2008|DAILY BEAST The French government of to-day is distinctly an outgrowth of conditions, and (p. 295) not of theories. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte|William Milligan Sloane
It is unique in some ways, and in these an outgrowth of early customs. The Modern Railroad|Edward Hungerford This was one direction of outgrowth from the work of Newton. The Approach to Philosophy|Ralph Barton Perry This means unity in time, for the present is but the outgrowth of the past, and the future of the present. Climatic Changes|Ellsworth Huntington This book is the outgrowth of problems given to high school pupils by the writers, and has been compiled in logical sequence. A Course In Wood Turning|Archie S. Milton and Otto K. Wohlers
British Dictionary definitions for outgrowth
nouna thing growing out of a main body a development, result, or consequence the act of growing out Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to outgrowthoffshoot, by-product, node, shoot, bulge, prolongation, process, swelling, protuberance, prominence, enlargement, excrescence, jut, sprout, outcrop, development, end, spin-off, effect, yield |