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noun
Date: 1837
1. a process or product of growing out <an outgrowth of hair> 2. consequence, by-product <crime is often an outgrowth of poverty>
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Outgrowth — Out growth , n. That which grows out of, or proceeds from, anything; an excrescence; an offshoot; hence, a result or consequence. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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outgrowth — n. a direct outgrowth * * * [ aʊtgrəʊθ] a direct outgrowth … Combinatory dictionary
outgrowth — out|growth [ˈautgrəuθ US grouθ] n 1.) something that develops from something else, as a natural result of it outgrowth of ▪ Crime is often an outgrowth of poverty. 2.) technical something that grows out of something else … Dictionary of contemporary English
outgrowth — [[t]a͟ʊtgroʊθ[/t]] outgrowths N COUNT: usu N of n Something that is an outgrowth of another thing has developed naturally as a result of it. Her first book is an outgrowth of an art project she began in 1988. Syn: consequence … English dictionary
