OFFSHOOT


Meaning of OFFSHOOT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ɒfʃu:t, AM ɔ:f- ]

( offshoots)

If one thing is an offshoot of another, it has developed from that other thing.

Psychology began as a purely academic offshoot of natural philosophy...

N-COUNT : usu with poss

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