The company was an offshoot of his original start-up.
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Offshoot
//ˈɔf.ʃuːt//
Synonyms for "offshoot" (183 found)
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jointkinkindredleglegacylimblinklobelobulelocallodgelogical outcomememberminority groupoffsetoffspringorderorganorganizationoutcome
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Translations
36 translations across 13 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- παραφυάς noun (that which shoots off from a main stem)
Bulgarian
3 entries- издънка noun (that which shoots off from a main stem)
- разклонение noun (that which develops from something else)
- филиз noun (that which shoots off from a main stem)
Catalan
3 entries- rebroll noun (that which shoots off from a main stem)
- rebrot noun (that which shoots off from a main stem)
- relluc noun (that which shoots off from a main stem)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 分支 noun (that which develops from something else)
- 分枝 noun (that which shoots off from a main stem)
- 支流 noun (that which develops from something else)
- 旁系 noun (that which develops from something else)
Dutch
2 entries- uitloper noun (that which develops from something else)
- zijtak noun (that which shoots off from a main stem)
Finnish
3 entries- haara noun (that which develops from something else)
- rönsy noun (that which develops from something else)
- sivuverso noun (that which shoots off from a main stem)
French
2 entries- dérivé noun (that which develops from something else)
- rejeton noun (that which shoots off from a main stem)
Galician
1 entries- trepeza noun (that which shoots off from a main stem)
German
2 entries- Ableger noun (that which shoots off from a main stem)
- Ableger noun (that which develops from something else)
Polish
4 entries- odgałęzienie noun (that which shoots off from a main stem)
- odgałęzienie noun (that which develops from something else)
- odnoga noun (that which shoots off from a main stem)
- odnoga noun (that which develops from something else)
Spanish
4 entries- derivado noun (that which develops from something else)
- filial noun (that which develops from something else)
- rama noun (that which develops from something else)
- ramal noun (that which develops from something else)
Swedish
3 entries- avknoppning noun (that which shoots off from a main stem)
- avknoppning noun (that which develops from something else)
- skott noun (that which shoots off from a main stem)
Ukrainian
1 entries- відгалуження noun (that which develops from something else)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
Chemistry is an offshoot of alchemy.
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Christianity is an offshoot of Judaism.
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Russia is an offshoot of Ukraine.
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