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borrow

/ˈbɒrəʊ/

/ˈbɑːroʊ/

Translations

borrowverb

borrowed

Past Simple

borrowed

Past Participle

borrowing

Gerund

/ˈbɒrəʊ/

/ˈbɑːroʊ/

одолжить

Can I borrow your pen for a moment?

Могу я одолжить твою ручку на минуту?

занимать

I need to borrow some money from the bank.

Мне нужно занять немного денег в банке.

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Antonyms

borrownoun

borrows

/ˈbɒr.əʊ/

/ˈbɑːr.oʊ/

Definitions

borrowverb

To take and use (something belonging to someone else) with the intention of returning it.

She decided to borrow a book from the library for her research.

To adopt or take over (an idea, practice, or word) from another source.

The English language has borrowed many words from Latin.

To take money from a person or financial institution with the agreement to pay it back later.

He had to borrow money from the bank to buy a new car.

(Arithmetic) To take one unit from the next higher place value in order to perform a subtraction operation.

When subtracting 47 from 123, you borrow 1 from the tens column.

borrownoun

An act or instance of taking and using something belonging to someone else with the intention of returning it (now rare).

His quick borrow of her umbrella saved him from the sudden shower.

Earth or other material removed from one location and used as fill at another, especially in construction or civil engineering.

The crew hauled in several truckloads of borrow to raise the roadbed above the floodplain.

(Arithmetic) A unit taken from the next higher place value to facilitate subtraction.

In the problem 62−38, the borrow from the tens place helps complete the calculation.