Meaning

2 senses

  1. (ambitransitive)To divide into branches or subdivisions.

    ramifizieren, verzweigen, verästeln

    разветвлятьсяrazvetvljatʹsja, ответвлятьсяotvetvljatʹsja, разделятьсяrazdeljatʹsja

    розгалу́жуватисяrozhalúžuvatysja, розгалу́зитисяrozhalúzytysja

    divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork

  2. (figuratively)To spread or diversify into multiple fields or categories.

    to ramify an art, subject, scheme

    ответвлятьсяotvetvljatʹsja, разделятьсяrazdeljatʹsja

Examples

1 sentences

  1. The waterways ramify across the plain.

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Translations

5 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to divide into branches:
Русский
By meaning 1
to divide into branches:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to divide into branches:

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French ramifier, from Medieval Latin ramificō (“to branch, ramify”),

Borrowed from Middle French ramifier, from Medieval Latin ramificō (“to branch, ramify”), from Latin rāmus (“a branch”) + -ficō (causative suffix).

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Forms

ramifies, ramifying, ramified, ramified
Base formramify · to ramify
3rd person singularramifies
Present participleramifying
Past simpleramified
Past participleramified

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyramify
he, she, itramifies

Past simpleLesson

all personsramified

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave ramified
he, she, ithas ramified

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill ramify

Synonyms

5 synonyms
divide into branches:branchB1
Close in meaning

Word family

6 related words
Relatedramificationramiform
Derivedmultiramifiedramifiabilityramifiableunramified

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
rambutanramenramificationrampB2rampage
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