borrowing
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3.4
- noun
- /ˈbɔroʊɪŋ/
:
préstamo
- Additionally, the process itself of borrowing and returning items may enhance the relationship between child and therapist.
- cultural borrowing
- literary borrowings
- selective borrowing
Sometimes it's called borrowing, or reimagining, or quoting.
- Sometimes it's called borrowing, or reimagining, or quoting.
Examples
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Many scholars have not only discussed the existence of state regulatory competition and borrowing but also mused on its consequences.
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Creative means, including the borrowing of lines and the hiring of instructors, were utilized to achieve policy goals.
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Each character has things that are borrowed from people.
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In the educational arena, when this kind of borrowing takes place, the arts are usually shortchanged.
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Traditions may also change by borrowing and diffusion or by invention and discovery.
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Contrary to what one might assume, these photographic borrowings were drawn from source images that were themselves well known.
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Indeed, diaries and early letters reveal an almost constant activity of borrowing and loaning within the community.
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More commonly, contact may contribute to patterns of linguistic disparity by influencing language change through borrowing.
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Grassroots cooperation and even ecclesiastical borrowing have yielded some very interesting results in the establishment of ecumenically attuned religious communities.
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In art, borrowing stylistic elements from famous painters can create unique interpretations.
Synonyms
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3.2
A thing that repeats an idea or style from something earlier
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6.0
Copying someone else's words or ideas and pretending they are your own
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6.9
Taking something for yourself, often without permission
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3.0
Copying another person's actions or speech to learn from them
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6.0
Acting like another person to copy their style or behavior
Copying someone else's words or ideas and pretending they are yours
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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3.1
Money you pay in interest and fees to use money from a bank or another person
How Much
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Borrowing comes from the old English verb borrow, which meant 'to take something for a time and then give it back'. So when we speak of borrowing ideas or words, we imagine taking them from another source and using them in a new place.