Ramify meaning

Verb: ramify

Pronunciation: (ra-mu,fI)

Ramify meaning:

1. Have or develop complicating consequences. Synonym: complexify
2. Grow and send out branches or branch like structures. Synonym: branch
3. Divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork. Synonyms: fork, furcating, separate

Noun: ramification

Pronunciation: (ra-mu-fu’key-shun)

Ramification meaning:

1. The act of branching out or dividing into branches. Synonyms: branching, forking
2. A part of a forked or branching shape. Synonyms: branch, leg
3. A development that complicates a situation. Synonyms: complication, complexity
4. An arrangement of branching parts

Quotations: John Maynard Keynes – The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas, but in escaping the old ones, which ramify, for those brought up as most of us have been, into every corner of our minds.

Gregory Bateson – If a man achieves or suffers change in premises which are deeply embedded in his mind, he will surely find that the results of that change will ramify throughout his whole universe.

James Miller – I’m very convinced that some ramifications of our war on terror will have on our ability to remain competitive. I don’t think there’s any question about the best way to maintain a strong defense is to maintain a strong economy.

Milton Ezrati – I think the market has a preoccupation with earnings. They’ve been very disappointed and there’s a big concern that the slowdown in the economy earnings might have more earnings ramifications than was previously thought.

Dr. Mimi Biswas – Typically, younger women tend not to be closely followed for cardiovascular disease. Based on the results of our analyses, those with difficult pregnancies should be. Knowing that these complications may have ramifications later in life gives us a unique opportunity to catch women early. When women are young, they may tend to focus on the care of their babies and gloss over going to the doctor for their own care.

Bill Hart – This is a trend that employers are very interested in because they want to stay away from negligent hiring suits. There are legal ramifications to bringing on employees with red flags, but the prime motivator for most employers is to make an informed hiring decision.

Kevin Zeese – The Tulsa decisions exacerbate the already growing rift in the party. The ramifications of these decisions must be reversed if the Greens are to truly challenge the corporate parties. This can only happen if Greens across the country are willing to fight to take back their party. Only an uprising by the membership will reinvigorate the Green Party.

Sample sentences:

1. She broke off one of the ramifications.
2. The high court’s decision had many unforeseen ramifications.
3. This narrow road ramifies after few miles.
4. These plants ramify early and get to be very large.
5. Those actions will definitely ramify.
6. It’s a big tree, but it has ramified and exfoliated.
7. It was months before people had really cleaned up, and then there were months after that when there were psychological ramifications from Johnson.
8. Our office is currently reviewing the decision and will consult with our client about the decision and its ramifications.
9. It’s going to have positive ramifications for towns across all states. The discretionary authority vested in municipal officers was upheld.
10. I feel it’s important to show that one thing that you do doesn’t define you as a human being. It doesn’t mean there aren’t ramifications or you shouldn’t pay for that but it’s not who you are.
11. I’m a minor, so I can get away with a lot without too many ramifications.
12. The accuser believes this is a young man that made a mistake. This is not an evil kid, just someone that wasn’t fully thinking about the ramifications of what he did and what he was involved in.
13. States that rise quickly, just as all the other things of nature that are born and grow rapidly, cannot have roots and ramifications; the first bad weather kills them.
14. They can pick these people off one at a time. The judges are in for some darker times. The long-term ramifications will be devastating for judicial autonomy.
15. It’s unprecedented. The ramifications could go well beyond this particular case.