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I locate a great deal of the power of Occupy Wall Street in the name itself, 'Occupy Wall Street,' or '#OccupyWallStreet.' It works because the name contains everything you need to know: the tactic and the target. The name is also modular. You can create your own offshoot in your own city.
Dana Spiotta

Meaning of "offshoot" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OFFSHOOT

offshoot  [ˈɒfˌʃuːt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OFFSHOOT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Offshoot is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES OFFSHOOT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Offshoot

Offshoot may refer to: ▪ Offshoot, a newer name for the Transformers character "Firebolt", who is Targetmaster partner to Hot Rod/Rodimus ▪ Offshoot Films, a digital media company ▪ Offshoot, a concept in botany...

Definition of offshoot in the English dictionary

The definition of offshoot in the dictionary is a shoot or branch growing from the main stem of a plant. Other definition of offshoot is something that develops or derives from a principal source or origin.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OFFSHOOT


bumbershoot
ˈbʌmbəʃuːt
chute
ʃuːt
crapshoot
ˈkræpˌʃuːt
outshoot
ˌaʊtˈʃuːt
overshoot
ˌəʊvəˈʃuːt
parachute
ˈpærəˌʃuːt
photoshoot
ˈfəʊtəʊˌʃuːt
reshoot
riːˈʃuːt
rotachute
ˈrəʊtəˌʃuːt
shoot
ʃuːt
shoot-the-chute
ˈʃuːtðəˈʃuːt
Shute
ʃuːt
sideshoot
ˈsaɪdˌʃuːt
troubleshoot
ˈtrʌblˌʃuːt
undershoot
ˌʌndəˈʃuːt
upshoot
ʌpˈʃuːt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OFFSHOOT

offput
offsaddle
offscourings
offscum
offset
offset blanket
offset lithography
offset paper
offset press
offset printing
offset sheet
offsetable
offshore
offshoring
offside
offsider
offspring
offstage
offtake
offtrack

WORDS THAT END LIKE OFFSHOOT

barefoot
boot
fashion shoot
foot
hoot
loot
not give a hoot
on the back foot
on the front foot
on the right foot
on the wrong foot
point-and-shoot
reboot
root
scoot
stone shoot
the whole shoot
to boot
turkey shoot
woot

Synonyms and antonyms of offshoot in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «OFFSHOOT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «offshoot» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of offshoot

Translation of «offshoot» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OFFSHOOT

Find out the translation of offshoot to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of offshoot from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «offshoot» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

衍生物
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ramificación
570 millions of speakers

English

offshoot
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

शाखा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

فرع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ответвлением
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

desdobramento
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রশাখা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ramification
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Cabang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Ableger
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

派生物
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

분파
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Offshoot
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chồi cây
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கிளை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ऑफशूट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

filiz
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

diramazione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pochodną
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

відгалуженням
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ramură
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παραφυάδα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

nasaat
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

utlöpare
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

avlegger
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of offshoot

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OFFSHOOT»

The term «offshoot» is regularly used and occupies the 58.506 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OFFSHOOT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about offshoot

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3 QUOTES WITH «OFFSHOOT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word offshoot.
1
Marc Almond
These days i tend to use one project I do as a kind of offshoot to the next.
2
Michael Novak
Jews do not have to be Christians. Christianity is an offshoot of Judaism, but too utopian, too hopeful, too unrealistic a turn.
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Dana Spiotta
I locate a great deal of the power of Occupy Wall Street in the name itself, 'Occupy Wall Street,' or '#OccupyWallStreet.' It works because the name contains everything you need to know: the tactic and the target. The name is also modular. You can create your own offshoot in your own city.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OFFSHOOT»

Discover the use of offshoot in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to offshoot and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Iroquois Eagle Dance: An Offshoot of the Calumet Dance
This volume explores how the Eagle Dance was celebrated in New York and Canada during the 1930s and how it related to the widespread Calumet Dance of the 17th century.
William Nelson Fenton, 1953
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Propagation of Horticultural Crops
To promote rooting, base of offshoot should be in contact with moist soil for atleast a year prior to separation. For this, mounding or putting soil boxes on offshoots arising high on trunk can be done. Offshoots are cut from parent palm by a sharp ...
S. Rajan, Baby Lissy Markose, 2007
3
Farmers' Bulletin
SIZE OF OFFSHOOTS WHEN READY FOR REMOVAL. The proper size which the offshoot should attain before being cut from the mother palm has been the subject of much study and experiment. No data are available as to how large or how ...
‎1920
4
Engineering Writing by Design: Creating Formal Documents of ...
The picture can literally bloom like algae.2 The technique is indicated in Figure 3.2. topic 2nd-level offshoot 2nd-level offshoot 3rd-level offshoot 1st-level offshoot 1st-level offshoot 2nd-level offshoot 3rd-level offshoot 1st-level offshoot ...
Edward J. Rothwell, Michael J. Cloud, 2014
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Geotechnical Risk and Safety: Proceedings of the 2nd ...
Trace of 1st Offshoot,Aoki River at Kashiwamori. Photo 6. Trace of 2nd Offshoot, Hannya River at Konan City. Figure 8. Soil Profile along Okakoizutsumi Dike from Sobue area to Tatsuta area (after Nakane). An existing sectional dimension of ...
Yusuke Honjo, Makoto Suzuki, Takashi Hara, 2009
6
Palmistry for All
If the Line of Fate ascending the hand sends an offshoot from it on or towards any of the Mounts, such as to Jupiter, the Sun, or Mercury, then the Destiny will be more largely associated with the quality that the Mount it approaches symbolises.
Cheiro, 2007
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The History of the Standard Oil Company
... the Acme Oil Company, a concern which everybody believed to be an offshoot of the Standard Oil Company of Cleveland, though nobody could prove it. As a matter of fact the Acme was capitalised and controlled entirely by Standard men,  ...
Ida M. Tarbell, 2009
8
The Changing Face of Chinese Management
Employees often remain with their institute and continue with their job while at the same time engaging in the commercial activities of the offshoot. This leaves them free to continue to enjoy the full facilities of the parent organisation. Dividing ...
Jie Tang, Anthony Ward, 2003
9
Tragedy and Athenian Religion
My reconstruction can account for precisely such a development, satyr drama emerging as an offshoot of prototragedy to which drifted overtly Dionysiac forms, to enhance the visibly Dionysiac dimension of the performances, after prototragedy ...
Christiane Sourvinou-Inwood, 2003
10
Principles of Information Systems
... or more.4 An offshoot of Internet2 that some call Internet3, which is officially named the National LambdaRail (NLR), is a cross-country, high-speed (10 Gbps) , fiber-optic network dedicated to research in highspeed networking applications. 5 ...
Ralph Stair, George Reynolds, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OFFSHOOT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term offshoot is used in the context of the following news items.
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Approval of Nipomo medical marijuana dispensary is appealed to …
The project calls for a brick-and-mortar dispensary offshoot of the mobile dispensary business, Ethnobotanica Patients Cooperative. «The San Luis Obispo Tribune, Jul 15»
2
Schuylkill River Trail wins 'best online trail' in online contest
An exciting offshoot for the Schuylkill River Trail in West Norriton is the Sullivan's Bridge being built across the Schyulkill River to the Valley ... «Daily Local News, Jul 15»
3
Schuylkill River Trail wins 'best urban trail' in online contest
An offshoot for the Schuylkill River Trail in West Norriton is the Sullivan's Bridge being built across the Schuylkill River to the Valley Forge ... «Daily Local News, Jul 15»
4
Could Artificial Intelligence Lose Its Mind?
The DeepDream algorithm Google made public this month is a strange offshoot of image recognition technology based on artificial intelligence. «Bloomberg View, Jul 15»
5
DEA, state and local agencies probing blast at Santa Fe medical pot …
Home-brewing of BHO has become a dangerous offshoot. In Colorado, where marijuana has been legalized, there were 32 explosions from ... «Albuquerque Journal, Jul 15»
6
Turkey joins US war in Syria
He also sharply attacked the HDP, declaring that it is an offshoot of a terrorist organization. Government critics, however, have charged that the ... «World Socialist Web Site, Jul 15»
7
Leader of al-Qaeda Offshoot Khorasan Killed in US Air Strike in Syria
A Pentagon spokesperson has confirmed that a U.S. air strike in Syria earlier this month killed a top leader of al-Qaeda splinter group Khorasan ... «TIME, Jul 15»
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'Air strike killed leader of al-Qaeda offshoot'
AN AIR strike in Syria has killed Muhsin al-Fadhli, a key figure in a dangerous al-Qaeda offshoot called the Khorasan Group, US sources have ... «Scotsman, Jul 15»
9
Strike Debt: Occupy offshoot fights for students at New Orleans parade
It has been almost four years since the Occupy movement came to life in Zuccotti Park, at the heart of Wall Street. Today the park has been ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
10
Megadeth Offshoot Act Of Defiance Streaming New Song
On Wednesday Megadeth Offshoot Act Of Defiance Streaming New Song was a top story. Here is the recap: (hennemusic) Act Of Defiance, the new band ... «antiMUSIC.com, Jul 15»

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