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Synonyms for borrowing

The synonym for borrowing recorded in this bank is adoption, in the sense "the appropriation (of ideas or words etc.) from another source". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 2, Treeline · 1 sense · noun

The synonym for borrowing

adoptionnoun, in the sense "the appropriation (of ideas or words etc.) from another source"

That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and borrowing carries one sense so far.

The sensenounTier 2, TreelineActions

the appropriation (of ideas or words etc.) from another source

The borrowing of ancient motifs was very apparent.

The sentence the game shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

adoption

Same sentence, swapped: The adoption of ancient motifs was very apparent.

Close but different

The game offers these three alongside the answer. They are close enough to tempt and wrong enough to be wrong, which is the whole design.

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Where borrowing turns up in the game

borrowing is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.

Play borrowing

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so borrowing reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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This page is built from Open English WordNet 2025, with the sense, the sentence, the tier and the near misses read by a human in the July 2026 audit. Everything on it is a stored field, not a run-time composition.

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