ramification
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the act of branching out or dividing into branches
Types & categories
- division hypernym
- bifurcation hyponym
- trifurcation hyponym
- divarication hyponym
- fibrillation hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
a part of a forked or branching shape
he broke off one of the branches
Types & categories
- subfigure hypernym
- bifurcation hyponym
- brachium hyponym
- crotch hyponym
Parts & wholes
- forking part holonym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a development that complicates a situation
the court's decision had many unforeseen ramifications
Types & categories
- development hypernym
Related & opposite
- ramify derivation
- complicate derivation
Sense 4 noun
an arrangement of branching parts
Types & categories
- placement hypernym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | furcate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | branch |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | bifurcate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | bifurcate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | division |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bifurcation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | trifurcation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | divarication |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fibrillation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | furcate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | branch |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | branchy |
| 2 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | forking |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | subfigure |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | bifurcation |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | brachium |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | crotch |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | ramify |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | complicate |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | development |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | furcate |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | branch |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | placement |