offshoot
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5.1
- noun
- /ˈɔfˌʃut/
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rama
- The project is actually an offshoot of a larger networking project called the Access Grid.
- radical offshoot
- urban offshoot
TikTok is a sort of extension or offshoot of Vine.
- TikTok is a sort of extension or offshoot of Vine.
- We just didn't like these little offshoot groups in his mountains.
- It looks like we definitely have some new offshoots coming out right here.
- The word Nazar is Netzar or Netzar which means an offshoot or a branch.
- Well, they're a kind of racist Germanic offshoot of Theosophy.
- And I think you're going to see an explosion of of interest in Marxism and in offshoots of Marxism.
- Hot wiping is this kind of offshoot of cuckolding.
- They said there's only really two emotions that we all experience it, but all of our there are slight offsets or offshoots of this love or fear.
Examples
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In the 1970s, the rural bourgeoisie and its new urban offshoot began to dominate government policy.
Academic text (1998) -
Forensic odontology has emerged as one of the most important offshoots of forensic medicine.
Academic text (2007) -
See, we're an offshoot of the Star Wars Project.
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Chrome started as an offshoot of Webkit in Google.
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She wrote this lengthy piece in The Cut, which is an offshoot of New York Magazine.
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TikTok is a sort of extension or offshoot of Vine.
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The hottest acts in show business today are offshoots of you guys.
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Stuedemann and his colleagues developed the urine test as an offshoot of their vaccine work.
Academic text (2000) -
The facility is operated by Great Plains Recycling, Inc., an offshoot of J&J Sanitation.
Academic text (1998) -
Forensic odontology has emerged as one of the most important offshoots of forensic medicine.
Synonyms
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1.3
A division of a larger organization, like a local office
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3.7
A new company, product, or show created from an existing one
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6.1
A result that comes from something earlier, like a new idea
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4.7
A result that happens as a natural effect of something else
A smaller thing that starts from a larger project or plan
A new work or product developed from an earlier one, often using the same characters
To create a new business from part of a larger company
Antonyms
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Etymology
The word offshoot comes from the parts off ('away from') and shoot ('young plant growth'), like a new branch that grows out of a main plant. So an offshoot is something that develops from something else, for example a new group or idea that grows out of an earlier one.