Offshooting
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Offshooting is a noun meaning An offshoot; a diversion or branching off.
Meaning
An offshoot; a diversion or branching off.
Example Sentences
At the first offshooting of the English language from its present stem, its growth and development began at once to tend toward logical simplicity […]
I must be shorter; I did not mean to turn off into the mere offshootings of my story, here and there; but the dreaminess I speak of leads me sometimes; and I, as impotent then, obey the dreamy prompting.
Word Forms
- offshootings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include outgrowth, branch, offset, branching, ramification, creature.
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