outgrowth
Americannoun
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a natural development, product, or result.
to consider truancy an outgrowth of parental neglect.
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an additional, supplementary result.
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a growing out or forth.
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something that grows out; offshoot; excrescence.
noun
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a thing growing out of a main body
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a development, result, or consequence
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the act of growing out
Etymology
Origin of outgrowth
Example Sentences
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At UCLA, the new department is an outgrowth of a longstanding minor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
The injured tissue produced substantial neurite outgrowth, meaning the long extensions that allow neurons to communicate began growing again.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 16, 2026
Trade barriers to Chinese goods are rising, and its own economy is menaced by deflation, the outgrowth of its rampant production.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2025
At one level, you could look at the moment we’re experiencing now as an outgrowth or culmination of that force.
From Slate ● Sep. 12, 2025
People, except Momma and Uncle Willie, accepted my unwillingness to talk as a natural outgrowth of a reluctant return to the South.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
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