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outgrowth

outgrowth

9 6.1
A result that comes from something earlier, like a new idea
  • noun
  • /ˈaʊtˌɡroʊθ/
translation icon : resultado
  • As noted earlier, United Ambulance's CP pilot project was an outgrowth of their Home Visit Program.
  • a natural outgrowth
  • a direct outgrowth
  • a logical outgrowth

So these are some outgrowths from that quick assignment that we did.

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Examples

  • The annual festival was the outgrowth of an old pagan religious ceremony.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • Attempts to measure the relationship are largely an outgrowth of more general studies of productivity in the U.S. economy.

    Academic text (2000)
  • Most of us look at the industrial age as this natural outgrowth of the need to do more and Better Business.

  • Why was this agreement considered necessary, and how is it an outgrowth of the international economy?

    Academic text (1996)
  • And that is a direct outgrowth of how our party structure has evolved over time.

  • Multicultural education is a creation and outgrowth of the Western cultural tradition.

    Academic text (1997)
  • Research for this essay was an outgrowth of her dissertation fieldwork experience.

    Academic text (1996)
  • Indeed, his work in ecumenism and interreligious dialogue is an outgrowth of the Church's engagement with the modern world at Vatican II.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Women writers in Japan often categorize their works as "I-novels," an outgrowth of the nikki bungaku.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • The rapid growth of technology is often viewed as an outgrowth of increased demand for efficiency.

Synonyms

offshoot
vsoutgrowth
21 5.1

A new group or idea that develops from an earlier one

is a general result rather than specifically a by-product
offset
vsoutgrowth
1 4.7

A result that happens as a natural effect of something else

is a result that comes from something without stressing natural arising
outshoot
vsoutgrowth
7.5

A smaller thing that starts from a larger project or plan

is a result without stressing origin from a larger source
aftergrowth
vsoutgrowth
6.8

A later result that appears unexpectedly after an event

is a result in general not necessarily delayed or unintended

Antonyms

2.6

A place or thing where something comes from

1.8

A thing or person that makes something happen

How Significant

breakthrough
242 3.9
development
357 2.5
outgrowth
9 6.1
offshoot
21 5.1
by-product
6 3.9

Surface Forms

outgrowth singular
outgrowths plural

Morphology

outgrowth = growth (transparent) = out + growth

Formed by productive prefix 'out-' + 'growth' meaning a development/result, so the meaning is directly derivable.

Etymology

The word outgrowth comes from the parts out- ('out') and growth ('something that grows'), so you can think of it as a 'growth' that comes 'out' of something, and that's why an outgrowth often means a new result or development that comes from an earlier thing.