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Added 9 October 2026

borrowing

/ˈbɔrəwɪŋ/ verb

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present participle and gerund of borrow
She is borrowing my pen.

noun

An instance of something being borrowed.
A borrowed word, adopted from a foreign language; loanword.

Origin

From borrow + -ing.

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