Meaning

2 senses
  1. Something which shoots off or separates from a main stem or branch of a plant.

    the offshoots of a tree

    Ableger

  2. Something which develops from something else.

    an offshoot of a criminal organization

    Ableger

    відгалуженняvidhalužennja

More definitions
  • a natural consequence of development

Examples

5 sentences
  1. Chemistry is an offshoot of alchemy.

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  2. Russia is an offshoot of Ukraine.

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  3. The company was an offshoot of his original start-up.

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  4. Christianity is an offshoot of Judaism.

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  5. The Abrahamic religions are offshoots of the Sumerian mythology.

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Translations

5 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
that which develops from something else:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
that which shoots off from a main stem:

Forms

plural: offshoots
Singularoffshoot
Pluraloffshoots

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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