roots
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3.6
- noun
- /ruːts/
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raíces
- Many people attend cultural festivals to celebrate their heritage and connect with their roots.
They all trace their roots to Stanford's backyard.
- They all trace their roots to Stanford's backyard.
- What what are the roots of AI?
- And like the roots of who we are is still there.
- It really got us back in touch with the roots of our friendship.
- And luckily for us, this is the roots that evolution has taken us down.
- And it is the phrase is roots and wings.
Examples
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They all trace their roots to Stanford's backyard.
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It really got us back in touch with the roots of our friendship.
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And like the roots of who we are is still there.
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I NEED TO GET IN TOUCH WITH MY ROOTS, FIGURE OUT WHO I AM.
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HEY, YOU KNOW, I SHOULD TEACH CHRIS ABOUT HIS IRISH ROOTS.
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HE ALWAYS CAME BACK TO HIS ROOTS.
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WHAT ABOUT THE FREEDOM TO REDISCOVER YOUR ROOTS... WITH DIGNITY AND PRIVACY?
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I'VE DISCOVERED MY ROOTS.
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YOU'RE THE MAIN PERSON THAT'S TALKIN' ABOUT HIP-HOP LOSIN' ITS WAY, HOW WE GOTTA GET BACK TO ITS ROOTS.
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He spent years researching his family's history to better understand his roots.
Synonyms
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2.3
The family background and country where someone’s family comes from
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4.1
The family you come from over many generations
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4.6
The family a person comes from, for example parents or grandparents
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4.4
The land where you are born and grow up
Antonyms
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Compounds
- Informal
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3.3
Ordinary people in a community who support or begin change at the local level
- Specialized
Groups of nerve fibers that come out of the spinal cord on each side
How Connected
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word roots comes from the image of a plant root that holds a tree in place and gives it food. So someone's roots are the family, culture or place that 'anchor' and 'feed' who they are.