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borrow

/ˈbɔɹoʊ/

Meanings
  • Verb

    To take or obtain something temporarily, especially a book, tool, or vehicle, from someone else.

    - "I need to borrow your car for the weekend."
    - "Can I borrow a pen from you?"
    - "She borrowed a book from the library."
  • Verb

    To receive something, especially money, on a temporary basis.

    - "The company borrowed heavily to finance its expansion."
    - "He borrowed $10,000 from the bank."
    - "She borrowed money from her parents."

Pronunciation
  1. /ˈbɑɹoʊ/



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  2. /ˈbɑɹoʊ/



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Antonyms

carry , give back , lend , return
Synonyms

adopt , use
Rhymes
Words rhyming with borrow
morrow , orrow , borrowed , tomorrow
Variants
List of all variants of borrow that leads to same result
borrow , borrow trouble , borrowed , borrowed trouble , borrower , borrowers , borrowing , borrowing trouble , borrows , borrows trouble , Borrow , George Borrow , George Henry Borrow , borrow pit , borrow pits , borrow a page from , beg , borrow , and steal , beg , borrow , or steal , beg , borrow , or/and steal , borrow a page from someone , borrow/take a page from someone , take a page from someone , borrow a page from someone's book , borrow/take a page from someone's book , take a page from someone's book , borrow a leaf out of someone's book , take a leaf out of someone's book , take/borrow a leaf out of someone's book
Etymology
origin and the way in which meanings have changed throughout history.

Old English borwan, from borr 'pledge, security'; related to boren 'to carry'. The verb comes from the noun borrowing 'taking on loan'.


Trivia
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  1. Did you know that the term 'library' comes from the Latin word 'libra', meaning 'scale'? Early libraries were places where books were weighed and recorded.

  2. The word 'borrow' is related to the word 'burrow', which means to dig a hole in the ground. Both words come from the Old English word 'borwan', which means 'to carry'.

  3. In medieval Europe, books were often copied by hand and lent out to other scribes to be copied again. This helped to spread knowledge and literacy throughout Europe.


Related Concepts
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  1. Lending: The act of providing something on loan to another person or entity.

  2. Debt: An amount of money owed by one party to another.

  3. Credit: The ability to obtain goods or services before payment, based on the trust that payment will be made in the future.


Culture
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In literature, 'borrow' is often used metaphorically to describe the act of taking inspiration or ideas from other sources. In music, a 'borrowed chord' is a chord taken from another key and used in a different key. In art, 'borrowing' refers to the practice of using elements from other artists' works.

How to Memorize "borrow"

  1. visualize

    - Imagine borrowing an object from someone. See yourself asking for it, taking it, and promising to return it.

  2. associate

    - Associate the word 'borrow' with the image of a library, where people borrow books.

  3. mnemonics

    - Create a mnemonic by remembering the phrase 'Borrowing is caring', which emphasizes the importance of returning borrowed items.


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