1. taken from another source; not original

1. past tense and past participle of borrow; took and used something temporarily with permission

Examples

• She borrowed five dollars from her friend.
• I borrowed this book from the library last week.
• The recipe was borrowed from my grandmother’s cookbook.
• He borrowed the car to drive to work.
• The English language contains many borrowed words from French.
• The borrowed time allowed them to finish the project.
• They borrowed heavily from classical music in their composition.