spin-off
Collocations
4(noun.)
ADJ
positive, valuable | unexpected | commercial
PREP
~ from
Definitions
noun
An offshoot.
We are about to broach the fraught saga of the Circle Line, but there is another Metropolitan spin-off that comes first, one that has always appealed to me by the baleful beauty of its name: the City Widened Lines or 'The Widened Lines' for short.
An incidental benefit or unexpected pay-off.
Space research often provides a spin-off for everyday technology.
A by-product.
A fictional work where the protagonist was introduced in a preceding work or at least shares the same setting, often in a different aspect.
"Frasier" was a spin-off from the sitcom "Cheers".
The Harry Potter spin-off prequel series Fantastic Beasts has been “parked” by Warner Bros, according to its director David Yates.
The formation of a subsidiary company that continues the operations of part of the parent company; the company so formed.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — a product made during the manufacture of something else
- by-product
- byproduct
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
4We are about to broach the fraught saga of the Circle Line, but there is another Metropolitan spin-off that comes first, one that has always appealed to me by the baleful beauty of its name: the City
WiktionarySpace research often provides a spin-off for everyday technology.
Wiktionary"Frasier" was a spin-off from the sitcom "Cheers".
WiktionaryI get that this game is a spin-off, but is the story canon?
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