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Definition: Meaning of, roots in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ruːts /

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  1. the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage
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Roots


Definition: Meaning of, Roots in English to English dictionary.

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  1. (1976) a novel by the US writer Alex Haley (1921-92) which was also made into a television programme. It tells the story of several GENERATION s of an African-American family, and it is partly based on stories told in Haley's own family. The story starts with Kunta Kinte, a man from West Africa who is caught and taken to the US as a SLAVE, and then describes what happens to him there and to his children and grandchildren until the time of the CIVIL WAR . The book and television programme encouraged many African-Americans to try to find out more about their own family origins.
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Roots used in phrases

  • grass roots (noun)
    1. the grass roots the ordinary people in an organization, rather than the leaders
  • roots reggae (noun)
    1. a popular style of REGGAE which is a mixture of Jamaican SKA and American styles such as POP MUSIC, ROCK AND ROLL, and RHYTHM AND BLUES
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Pronunciation: ˌriːˈsɜːʤ
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