Outgrowth
noun
Something that naturally develops or comes from something else.
The town was an outgrowth of a small fishing village.
Often appears as...
- natural outgrowth
- direct outgrowth
noun
A part of a plant or animal that sticks out.
The stem is an outgrowth from the plant's main body.
noun
Something that naturally develops or comes from something else.
The town was an outgrowth of a small fishing village.
Often appears as...
- natural outgrowth
- direct outgrowth
noun
A part of a plant or animal that sticks out.
The stem is an outgrowth from the plant's main body.
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Metaphorical Growth
Outgrowth can be used to describe developments in projects, ideas, or groups, not just physical growth.
The new department was an outgrowth of increased customer service demand.
Pro Tip 2/3Causal Link
'Outgrowth' implies a direct connection or evolution from its origin.
Online shopping is a natural outgrowth of the digital age.
Pro Tip 3/3Neutral Term
The term 'outgrowth' doesn't imply whether the result is positive or negative.
The social movement was an outgrowth of widespread discontent.
Pro Tip 1/3Metaphorical Growth
Outgrowth can be used to describe developments in projects, ideas, or groups, not just physical growth.
The new department was an outgrowth of increased customer service demand.
Pro Tip 2/3Causal Link
'Outgrowth' implies a direct connection or evolution from its origin.
Online shopping is a natural outgrowth of the digital age.
Pro Tip 3/3Neutral Term
The term 'outgrowth' doesn't imply whether the result is positive or negative.
The social movement was an outgrowth of widespread discontent.
Pro Tip 1/3Metaphorical Growth
Outgrowth can be used to describe developments in projects, ideas, or groups, not just physical growth.
The new department was an outgrowth of increased customer service demand.
Pro Tip 2/3Causal Link
'Outgrowth' implies a direct connection or evolution from its origin.
Online shopping is a natural outgrowth of the digital age.
Pro Tip 3/3Neutral Term
The term 'outgrowth' doesn't imply whether the result is positive or negative.
The social movement was an outgrowth of widespread discontent.
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Video examples
A Napa Valley Nature...
heavy like almost like a nut but this this isn't in there you can give people an idea yeah it's really really light it looks like paper right so these actually what happens is a wasp actually puts kind of an enzyme on the oak tree so we're in partial oak woodlands here and this is an outgrowth on the tree it
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Gregory Stock: To...
What the essence of that is, is that we're taking the sand at our feet, the inert silicon at our feet, and we're breathing a level of complexity into it that rivals that of life itself, and may even surpass it. As an outgrowth of that, as a child of that revolution,
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Eye vs. camera - Michael...
You see, your eyes don't always capture the world as a video camera would. In fact, there are quite a few differences, owing to the anatomy of your eye and the processing that takes place in your brain and its outgrowth, the retina.
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A Napa Valley Nature...
heavy like almost like a nut but this this isn't in there you can give people an idea yeah it's really really light it looks like paper right so these actually what happens is a wasp actually puts kind of an enzyme on the oak tree so we're in partial oak woodlands here and this is an outgrowth on the tree it
Video examples
Gregory Stock: To...
What the essence of that is, is that we're taking the sand at our feet, the inert silicon at our feet, and we're breathing a level of complexity into it that rivals that of life itself, and may even surpass it. As an outgrowth of that, as a child of that revolution,
Video examples
Eye vs. camera - Michael...
You see, your eyes don't always capture the world as a video camera would. In fact, there are quite a few differences, owing to the anatomy of your eye and the processing that takes place in your brain and its outgrowth, the retina.
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Quote examples
Peter Navarro
American Economist
My citizen activism is a direct outgrowth of a classical and fiscally conservative training in economics at Harvard. It is a perspective rooted in one of the most important concepts in economics - the need for government intervention in the presence of a market failure.
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Wynton Marsalis
American Musician
The majority of the high schools and the public schools in N.Y.C. don't even have band programs. Hip-hop in a lot of ways is an outgrowth of a lack of instruments and a desire to play music, so we can't really fault the kids for that.
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James Redfield
American Author
When we cultivate mystical awareness or transcendent identity - which is a natural outgrowth of meditation and other practices - what happens is that we begin to take a witness position on our own lives, and that includes our minds.
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Alison McGhee
American Author
I suppose, the natural outgrowth about writing about two friends, it becomes about their friendship, and the complexities of it, and the way personality plays off each other, and what they each like to do, separately and together.
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Brian Tracy
American Author
The happiest people in the world are those who feel absolutely terrific about themselves, and this is the natural outgrowth of accepting total responsibility for every part of their life.
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Tom Wopat
American Actor
The country experience was more of a departure. When you consider my education and my upbringing, you can see that was more of country rock outgrowth of my popular music aspirations.
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Junot Diaz
American Writer
I didn't start writing until late high school and then I was just diddling. Mainly I loved to read and my writing was an outgrowth of that.
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Gifford Pinchot
American Politician
The outgrowth of conservation, the inevitable result, is national efficiency.
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John Darnielle
American Musician
I was writing poetry, and the Mountain Goats was an outgrowth of that.
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Buzz Aldrin
American Astronaut
Space tourism is a logical outgrowth of the adventure tourist market.
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Peter Navarro
American Economist
My citizen activism is a direct outgrowth of a classical and fiscally conservative training in economics at Harvard. It is a perspective rooted in one of the most important concepts in economics - the need for government intervention in the presence of a market failure.
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Wynton Marsalis
American Musician
The majority of the high schools and the public schools in N.Y.C. don't even have band programs. Hip-hop in a lot of ways is an outgrowth of a lack of instruments and a desire to play music, so we can't really fault the kids for that.
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James Redfield
American Author
When we cultivate mystical awareness or transcendent identity - which is a natural outgrowth of meditation and other practices - what happens is that we begin to take a witness position on our own lives, and that includes our minds.
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Alison McGhee
American Author
I suppose, the natural outgrowth about writing about two friends, it becomes about their friendship, and the complexities of it, and the way personality plays off each other, and what they each like to do, separately and together.
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Brian Tracy
American Author
The happiest people in the world are those who feel absolutely terrific about themselves, and this is the natural outgrowth of accepting total responsibility for every part of their life.
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Tom Wopat
American Actor
The country experience was more of a departure. When you consider my education and my upbringing, you can see that was more of country rock outgrowth of my popular music aspirations.
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Junot Diaz
American Writer
I didn't start writing until late high school and then I was just diddling. Mainly I loved to read and my writing was an outgrowth of that.
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Gifford Pinchot
American Politician
The outgrowth of conservation, the inevitable result, is national efficiency.
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John Darnielle
American Musician
I was writing poetry, and the Mountain Goats was an outgrowth of that.
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Buzz Aldrin
American Astronaut
Space tourism is a logical outgrowth of the adventure tourist market.
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