borrowing

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[edit] Verb

borrowing

  1. Present participle of borrow.
    She is borrowing my pen.

[edit] Noun

Singular
borrowing

Plural
borrowings

borrowing (plural borrowings)

  1. An instance of borrowing something.
  2. (linguistics) A borrowed word, adopted from a foreign language; loanword.
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