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2
a condition or occurrence traceable to a cause
- a predictable outgrowth of the suburb's ever growing population will be the need for more schools
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3
something that naturally develops or is developed from something else
- an industry that is an outgrowth of the technology first developed for the U.S. space program
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- descendant
- (also descendent)
- aftermath,
- consequence,
- corollary,
- development,
- fruit,
- growth,
- issue,
- outcome,
- product,
- result,
- sequel,
- sequence,
- upshot
- denouement
- (also dénouement),
- repercussion
- aftereffect,
- side effect
- (also side reaction)
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“Outgrowth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outgrowth. Accessed 2 Oct. 2022.
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The first known use of outgrowth was in 1837
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