borrow
part of speech
verb (borrow, borrows, borrowed, borrowing)
meaning for a pupil
1) To borrow is to take or use something that you will give back later. tree →
2) To borrow money is to get it from a person or a bank and pay it back later. tree →
3) In subtraction, to borrow (regroup) is to take 1 ten from the tens to make 10 ones. tree →
sense in the lessons
things taken for a while: added to one person, taken from another; also borrowing in subtraction; phrases «borrow from», «can I borrow», «borrowed words» (from other languages)
examples
- She borrows 3 books from the library. tree →
- He borrowed 10 dollars from his sister. tree →
- How many books are left after 25 are borrowed? tree →
- In 52 − 18 you borrow from the tens. tree →
- Can I borrow your pencil? tree →
- You can borrow books for two weeks. tree →
- The word «pizza» is borrowed from Italian. tree →
- Ask before you borrow something. tree →
- She borrowed her mom's umbrella. tree →
- Return borrowed things in good shape. tree →
note
The borrower gets more; the lender has less. Trap: borrowed money must be paid back, so it is not truly earned. «Borrow» and «lend» are opposites: you borrow FROM someone, they lend TO you. Say «Can I borrow your pen?», not «Can you borrow me your pen?»
In the corpora
- A debit card spends money already in the account; a credit card borrows money that must be paid back later.
- Banks pay interest on savings, and they charge interest when you borrow.
- A debit card spends money already in the account; a credit card borrows money from the card company to be paid back later.
- An overdraft lets you spend below zero, which is borrowing, and banks charge high interest on it.
- Debt is money that has been borrowed and is still owed.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «borrow» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.