The Arts Desk: Yuval Noah Harari: 21 Lessons for the 21st Century review - a sceptic's optimism?
Yuval Noah Harari: 21 Lessons for the 21st Century review - a sceptic's optimism?
"21 Lessons for the 21st Century," by Yuval Noah Harari (Random House, New York), 384 pages with notes and index, $22.00 softcover.
The meaning of BORROW is to receive with the implied or expressed intention of returning the same or an equivalent. How to use borrow in a sentence.
The word borrow means to take something and use it temporarily. You can borrow a book from the library, or borrow twenty bucks from your mom, or even borrow an idea from your friend.
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Definition of borrow verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
- to take or obtain with the promise to return the same or an equivalent: to borrow a pencil. 2. to appropriate or introduce from another source or from a foreign source: to borrow a word from French. 3. to take or adopt as one's own: to borrow an idea. 4. (in subtraction) to take from one denomination and add to the next lower.
If you borrow something such as a word or an idea from another language or from another person's work, you use it in your own language or work. I borrowed his words for my book's title.
BORROW definition: 1. to get or receive something from someone with the intention of giving it back after a period of…. Learn more.