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Grammar : Noun
Spell : out-grohth
Phonetic Transcription : ˈaʊtˌgroʊθ



Definition of outgrowth

Origin :
  • 1837, from out (adv.) + growth. Figurative sense "natural product" is earlier (1828).
  • noun projection
  • noun product, consequence
Example sentences :
  • Men would fain have a revival as the outgrowth of their agencies and progress.
  • Extract from : « The Ministry of Intercession » by Andrew Murray
  • This pamphlet and the project it presents is an outgrowth of that experience.
  • Extract from : « Marriage Enrichment Retreats » by David Mace
  • His affection for her had, indeed, been merely the outgrowth of life-long intimacy.
  • Extract from : « 'Smiles' » by Eliot H. Robinson
  • The parable is the outgrowth of the events immediately preceding it.
  • Extract from : « Jesus the Christ » by James Edward Talmage
  • Colorado was the outgrowth of the great financial crisis of 1857.
  • Extract from : « Over the Rocky Mountains to Alaska » by Charles Warren Stoddard
  • It is an outgrowth and culmination of instincts, a fusion of them into a new product.
  • Extract from : « The Psychology of Nations » by G.E. Partridge
  • A title is apt if it is an outgrowth of the plot—a text, as I have said.
  • Extract from : « Short Story Writing » by Charles Raymond Barrett
  • Finally, modern systems of education are the outgrowth of the experiences of the past.
  • Extract from : « History of Education » by Levi Seeley
  • Divisions are the outgrowth of carnality and not of the Spirit of God.
  • Extract from : « Sanctification » by J. W. Byers
  • Nor was it the outgrowth of any morbid or sentimental emotion.
  • Extract from : « The History of Sir Richard Calmady » by Lucas Malet

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