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• Borrow — or borrowing can mean: to receive (something) from somebody temporarily, expecting to return it. *In finance, monetary debt *In language, the use of loanwords *In arithmetic, when a digit become smaller than limit and the deficiency is taken from …   Wikipedia

• borrow — [bär′ō, bôr′ō] vt., vi. [ME borwen < OE borgian, to borrow, lend, be surety for, akin to beorgan, to protect & BOROUGH] 1. to take or receive (something) with the understanding that one will return it or an equivalent 2. to adopt or take over… …   English World dictionary

• Language convergence — is a type of contact induced change whereby languages with many bilingual speakers mutually borrow morphological and syntactic features, making their typology more similar.A presently occuring example of this is with the Maltese language, where… …   Wikipedia

• borrow — [[t]bɒ̱roʊ[/t]] ♦♦♦ borrows, borrowing, borrowed 1) VERB If you borrow something that belongs to someone else, you take it or use it for a period of time, usually with their permission. [V n] Can I borrow a pen please?... [V n] He wouldn t let me …   English dictionary

• borrow — verb (I, T) 1 to use something that belongs to someone else and that you must give back to them later: Can I borrow your pen for a minute? | borrow sth from sb BrE: You are allowed to borrow 6 books from the library at a time. | borrow heavily… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• borrow — bor|row W3S2 [ˈbɔrəu US ˈba:rou, ˈbo: ] v [I and T] [: Old English; Origin: borgian] 1.) to use something that belongs to someone else and that you must give back to them later →↑lend, loan ↑loan ▪ Can I borrow your pen for a minute? borrow sth… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• borrow — verb Etymology: Middle English borwen, from Old English borgian; akin to Old English beorgan to preserve more at bury Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. a. to receive with the implied or expressed intention …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• language — Any verbal or non verbal communication engaged in by humans, animals, or even machines. The general field of study which deals with the socio cultural functions and construction of language is known as sociolinguistics. Sociologists,… …   Dictionary of sociology

• Borrow, George — (1803 1881)    England. Author and linguist. He lived with Gypsies in England and visited Spain to learn the language of the Gypsies there. He then translated St. Luke s Gospel into Spanish Caló. Borrow also wrote several works on the Gypsies, in …   Historical dictionary of the Gypsies

• Borrow, George — (1803 1881)    Philologist and miscellaneous author, and traveller, b. at East Dereham, Norfolk, s. of a recruiting officer, had a somewhat wandering childhood. He received most of his education in Edin., and showed a peculiar talent for… …   Short biographical dictionary of English literature

• Angloromany language — language familycolor=Creole name=Angloromany nativename= states=United Kingdom, Australia, USA, South Africa speakers=195,000 fam1=Mixed language fam2=English Romany nation= iso3=rmeAngloromany (literally English Romany ) or Angloromani is a… …   Wikipedia