Слово англійською: borrow

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Переклад borrow українською: пози́чити що у ко́го

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borrow

verb
/ˈbɔːrəʊ/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they borrow
/ˈbɔːrəʊ/
he / she / it borrows
/ˈbɔːrəʊz/
past simple borrowed
/ˈbɔːrəʊd/
past participle borrowed
/ˈbɔːrəʊd/
-ing form borrowing
/ˈbɔːrəʊɪŋ/
  1. [transitive] to take and use something that belongs to somebody else, and return it to them at a later time
    • borrow something Can I borrow your umbrella?
    • borrow something from somebody/something Members can borrow up to ten books from the library at any one time.
    • borrow something off somebody (British English, informal) I borrowed the tools I needed off my brother.
    compare lend
    Which Word? borrow / lendborrow / lend
    • These two words are often confused. You borrow something from someone else, while they lend it to you:
      • Can I borrow your pen?
      • Can I borrow a pen from you?
      • Here, I’ll lend you my pen.
  2. [transitive, intransitive] to take money from a person or bank and agree to pay it back to them at a later time
    • borrow something How much did you have to borrow to pay for this?
    • The goal is to borrow funds at a low interest rate.
    • borrow something from somebody/something She borrowed £2 000 from her parents.
    • borrow from somebody/something I don't like to borrow from friends.
    • The company had borrowed heavily from state-owned banks.
    • borrow something off somebody (informal) I had to borrow the money off a friend.
    compare lend
  3. [intransitive, transitive] to take words, ideas, etc. from another language, person, etc. and use them as your own
    • borrow (from somebody/something) The author borrows heavily from Henry James.
    • His designs borrow freely from the architecture of ancient Egypt.
    • borrow something (from somebody/something) Some musical terms are borrowed from Italian.
    • The villain was—to borrow a phrase from Alex—‘all bark and no bite’.
    4. Word OriginOld English borgian ‘borrow against security’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German borgen.
Idioms
be (living) on borrowed time
  1. to still be alive after the time when you were expected to die
    • He’s been living on borrowed time ever since his last heart attack.
  2. to be doing something that other people are likely to soon stop you from doing
    • According to the latest opinion polls, the government is living on borrowed time.
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