- The act or process of growing out.
- A product of growing out; a projecting part or offshoot: an outgrowth of new shoots on a branch.
- A result or consequence: Inflation is an outgrowth of war.
Dictionary:
out·growth (out'grōth') ![]() |
| Thesaurus: outgrowth |
noun
| Antonyms: outgrowth |
Definition: product, consequence
Antonyms: recall, removal, subtraction
n
Definition: projection
Antonyms: ingrowth
| WordNet: outgrowth |
The noun has 3 meanings:
Meaning #1:
a natural consequence of development
Synonyms: branch, offshoot, offset
Meaning #2:
the gradual beginning or coming forth
Synonyms: emergence, growth
Meaning #3:
a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant
Synonyms: process, appendage
| Translations: Outgrowth |
Dansk (Danish)
n. - udvækst, produkt, følge, resultat
Nederlands (Dutch)
resultaat, uitwas, het uitgroeien
Français (French)
n. - (Bot, Méd) excroissance, retombées, corollaire
Deutsch (German)
n. - Auswuchs
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - απόφυση, παραφυάδα, φυσική συνέπεια
Italiano (Italian)
risultato, escrescenza, sviluppo
Português (Portuguese)
n. - crescimento (m), produto (m), desenvolvimento (m)
Русский (Russian)
отросток, следствие
Español (Spanish)
n. - resultado, consecuencia, excrecencia
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - utväxt, utgrening, produkt, följd
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
自然的发展, 副产物, 结果
中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 自然的發展, 副產物, 結果
한국어 (Korean)
n. - 자연적인 발전, 파생물, 곁가지, 싹틈
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 結果, 派生物, 副産物, 伸び出ること, 伸び出たもの, 自然の成り行き
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) نمو, ثمرة
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - תוצאה טבעית, צמיחה
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