- pronunciation:
- rae
mih
f
keI
shn
- features:
- Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a consequence or related aspect of something; offshoot.
The interest rate increase will have widespread ramifications.The choices and decisions he made before entering politics had ramifications that he never could have predicted. |
| definition 2: |
the act or process of dividing into branches, or an arrangement of branching parts.
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| definition 3: |
a branching or subordinate part.
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| related words: |
arm |
The word ramification
contains the following parts:
ram, rami
Latin
root
that means
branch
Example words:
-faction, -ification, -efaction
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means
act or process of making or becoming
More about this word part:
The suffix -ification
, -efaction
forms nouns from verbs ending in -ify, -efy, -fy. It is a compound of fac, fic, fec, fact, fect + -ion. The -fy and -efy forms become -efaction
(stupefy, stupefaction); -ify becomes -ification
(magnify, magnification).
Example words: