ramification

[ ram-uh-fi-key-shuhn ]

/ ˌræm ə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən /

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noun

the act or process of ramifying.

a branch: ramifications of a nerve.

a related or derived subject, problem, etc.; outgrowth; consequence; implication: The new tax law proved to have many ramifications unforeseen by the lawmakers.

Botany.

a structure formed of branches.
a configuration of branching parts.

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Origin of ramification

1670–80; <Middle French <Medieval Latin rāmificāt(us) (past participle of rāmificāre to ramify) + Middle French -ion-ion

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How to use ramification in a sentence

Do they not recall the appalling ramifications of the infamous moment when Michelle Obama put her arm around the Queen in 2009?
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That is, the political ramifications of most votes these people take can be very easily foreseen.
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My new-found old schoolmate had become the financial manager of a great business house having ramifications throughout the world.
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The dialect of Saint-Rémy is simply one of countless ramifications of the dialects descended from the Latin.
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“Books” everybody knows something of; yet very few are able to treat this general subject in all its ramifications.
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Robinson detailed him his scheme with all its ramifications, and a very ingenious stratagem it was.
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I shall no longer attempt to follow the story through its obscure ramifications.
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British Dictionary definitions for ramification

ramification

/ (ˌræmɪfɪˈkeɪʃən) /

noun

the act or process of ramifying or branching out

an offshoot or subdivision

(often plural) a subsidiary consequence, esp one that complicates

a structure of branching parts

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