outgrowth

Noun

Meaning

That which grows out of, or proceeds from, anything; an excrescence; an offshoot; hence, a result or consequence.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

process growth branch offset emergence offshoot appendage ala gemma tusk wen result development end effect
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Antonyms

foundation basin average cause source beginning
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Hypernyms

result effect beginning event issue consequence

Hyponyms

ridge ala horn appendix cirrus eminence

Phrases with the word

neurite outgrowth neuronal outgrowth

Examples

a bony process Source: Internet

figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece Source: Internet

A minority report by Massimo Teodori concluded that P2 was not just an abnormal outgrowth from an essentially healthy system, as upheld by the majority report, but an inherent part of the system itself. Source: Internet

Freedmen's Hospital was an outgrowth of the Bureau for the Relief of Freedmen and Refugees authorized by the Act of March 3, 1865. Source: Internet

A synthesis of media and retail: Doug Stephens, CEO of Retail Prophet, says the B8TA model is an inevitable outgrowth of the maturation of e-commerce, in which we are all just a swipe of a smartphone—or an aside to Alexa—from buying something. Source: Internet

An outgrowth of the Jan. 1989 research symposium at the Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute on Electron Deficient Clusters. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

outgrower outgrowing outgrown outguard outguess outguide