Antonyms for ramifications


Grammar : Noun
Spell : ram-uh-fi-key-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˌræm ə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən


Definition of ramifications

Origin :
  • 1670s, "a branching out," from French ramification, from ramifier (see ramify). Transferred sense of "outgrowth, consequence" first recorded 1755. Related: Ramifications.
  • noun consequence, development
Example sentences :
  • I am always conscious of that, Joe; the ramifications of public life are innumerable.
  • Extract from : « The Burning Spear » by John Galsworthy
  • There is no hamlet so small as not to be touched by their ramifications.
  • Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various
  • Her influence is felt everywhere, throughout the ramifications of our "Order."
  • Extract from : « Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence » by Various
  • It is simple in its manifestations, but most complex in its organization and in its ramifications.
  • Extract from : « Electricity for Boys » by J. S. Zerbe
  • But of its motive, of its ramifications, or of its conception, I had no knowledge.
  • Extract from : « The Stretton Street Affair » by William Le Queux
  • How simple life was then compared with the ramifications of to-day!
  • Extract from : « A Little Girl of Long Ago » by Amanda Millie Douglas
  • But never before now had he seen the ramifications of death.
  • Extract from : « The Wind Bloweth » by Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne
  • In this connection it is not possible to consider all of the ramifications of the lien law.
  • Extract from : « Convenient Houses » by Louis Henry Gibson
  • Some of these caves and their ramifications extend for many miles.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Scouts' Mountain Camp » by John Henry Goldfrap
  • He found himself a cog in a machinery that seemed limitless in its ramifications.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow » by Arthur Stringer

Synonyms for ramifications

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