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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