Meaning

3 senses
  1. (intransitive)To expand in the manner of branches.

    The chart starts in the center and branches out from there.

    verästeln

    ветви́тьсяvetvítʹsja, разветвля̀тьсяrazvetvljàtʹsja, разветви́тьсяrazvetvítʹsja

    розгалу́жуватисяrozhalúžuvatysja, розгалу́зитисяrozhalúzytysja

  2. (idiomatic, intransitive)To expand one's interests or activities in a new direction.

    Studying Latin may make it easier to branch out into Spanish or Italian.

  3. (obsolete)To white out or expand the whitespace around the title or other words, lines, etc. in a document.

More definitions
  • vary in order to spread risk or to expand

Examples

11 sentences
  1. Diego moved the branch out of the way.

  2. The waterways branch out across the plain.

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  3. We decided to branch out into selling some foodstuffs.

    deWir beschlossen, das Geschäft auszudehnen und Lebensmittel zu vertreiben. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. The branches come out of the trunk of the tree.

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  5. He has extensive experience and his competence has branched out into several fields.

Translations

4 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
expand in the manner of branches:
Русский
By meaning 1
expand in the manner of branches:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
expand in the manner of branches:

Forms

branches out, branching out, branched out, branched out
Base formbranch out · to branch out
3rd person singularbranches out
Present participlebranching out
Past simplebranched out
Past participlebranched out

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybranch out
he, she, itbranches out

Past simpleLesson

all personsbranched out

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave branched out
he, she, ithas branched out

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill branch out

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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