Definitions for roots
roots

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1. rootsnoun

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

   "his roots in Texas go back a long way"; "he went back to Sweden to search for his roots"; "his music has African roots"

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1. rootsnoun

   Ancestors

   I have both Irish and German roots.

2. rootsnoun

   Beginnings

   Jazz has its roots in blues.

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1. Roots

   Roots is a song by American rock band Imagine Dragons. It was written by band members Ben McKee, Daniel Platzman, Dan Reynolds and Wayne Sermon and originally released as a non-album single, however it appears as a bonus track on the Japanese edition of their third studio album Evolve. They performed the song for the first time on September 2, 2015, at their Melbourne, Australia, show for the Smoke + Mirrors Tour. The music video was released on September 29, 2015, and was filmed in New Zealand. The song debuted atop the Billboard Rock Digital Songs chart.

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1. roots

   In mathematics, roots are the solutions to an equation, particularly referring to the values when a polynomial or equation equals zero. They are also known as zeroes. In the field of biology, roots refer to the part of a plant that is typically underground, absorbing water and nutrients, anchoring the plant, and storing food. In linguistics, roots are the most basic form of a word from which other words are derived. In genealogy, roots refer to an individual's ancestry or origin. In music, a root is the note upon which a chord is based. Therefore, the general definition of roots varies across different fields but generally refers to the base, origin, or foundation of something.

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1. Roots

   Roots is a television miniseries in the USA based on Alex Haley's 1976 novel, Roots: The Saga of an American Family; the series first aired in 1977. Roots received 37 Emmy Award nominations and won nine. It won also a Golden Globe and a Peabody Award. It received unprecedented Nielsen ratings for the finale, which still holds a record as the third-highest-rated US television program ever. It was produced on a budget of $6.6 million. The series introduced LeVar Burton in the role of Kunta Kinte. A sequel, Roots: The Next Generations, first aired in 1979, and a second sequel, Roots: The Gift, a Christmas TV movie, starring Burton and Louis Gossett Jr. first aired in 1988.

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1. rootsnoun

   Plural noun of the word root.

   The roots from the banana plant are amazing to see.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on February 4, 2016  

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1. roots

   Song lyrics by roots -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by roots on the Lyrics.com website.

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1. ROOTS

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Roots is ranked #22856 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Roots surname appeared 1,120 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Roots.
   
   46.8% or 525 total occurrences were Black.
   43.7% or 490 total occurrences were White.
   5.1% or 58 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   3.3% or 38 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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1. • Condition

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'roots' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3808

Anagrams for roots »

1. roost

2. stoor

3. torso

How to pronounce roots?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say roots in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of roots in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of roots in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of roots in a Sentence

1. Greg Gutfeld:

   You end up being a dope who roots for things that harm people but will benefit your politics, right? So what you have [is an] entire progressive movement that roots for a country to hit rock bottom because they will be the ones ready to be able to regrow the country and save the day, the party that creates the problems always claims to be the one to solve it.

2. Ritchie Torres:

   The child tax credit demonstrates that the Democratic Party has returned to the roots of FDR, that we are re-establishing ourselves as the party of families and children.

3. Colin Campbell:

   Indeed, the Founders mentioned the pagan authors in so many heartfelt speeches, pamphlets and letters that today's sweeping references to America's 'Christian' roots and 'Judeo-Christian heritage' ought to be amended. Maybe these terms should be reserved to explain the traditional religions and morality of individuals, families, congregations, small communitities. Politically, our notions of virtue and vice have had another genesis.

4. Phil Lesh -LRB- bass -RRB-:

   The mainstream seems to be referencing '60s, '70s and '80s rock, rather than '30s, '40s, '50s blues and jazz and that sort of thing, our generation, the '60s 'jammers' let's say, our influences were people like Coltrane, and blues artists like Bobbie Bland, or Wilson Pickett or more of a roots-y thing. I think that young musicians today are more influenced by rock music. It's sort of narrowed down a little bit. That's not to say that it's not extremely expressive and diverse, but I don't sense a lot of roots involvement.

5. President Barack Obama:

   I don't quibble with labels. I think we all recognize that this is a particular problem that has roots in Muslim communities, but I think we do ourselves a disservice in this fight if we are not taking into account the fact that the overwhelming majority of Muslims reject this ideology.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=roots
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Roots
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roots
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=roots
6. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html