what does ramification mean?
RAMIFICATION as NOUN
- Meaning
- the act of branching out or dividing into branches
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Hypernyms(s) ramification is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- an arrangement of branching parts
Hypernyms(s) ramification is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- a development that complicates a situation
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- the court’’s decision had many unforeseen ramifications
Hypernyms(s) ramification is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- a part of a forked or branching shape
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- he broke off one of the branches
- they took the south fork
Hypernyms(s) ramification is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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