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Dictionary: out·growth   (out'grōth') pronunciation
n.
  1. The act or process of growing out.
  2. A product of growing out; a projecting part or offshoot: an outgrowth of new shoots on a branch.
  3. A result or consequence: Inflation is an outgrowth of war.

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n

Definition: product, consequence
Antonyms: recall, removal, subtraction

n

Definition: projection
Antonyms: ingrowth


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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


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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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