Branching — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the act of branching out or dividing into branches

grow and send out branches or branch-like structures

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kˈæɾi/

🇬🇧British English

/kˈaltʃakwi/

🇮🇳Indian English

/kˈaltʃakwi/

2 syllables Say it as /kˈæɾi/.

Examples

these plants ramify early and get to be very large
The road forks

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

branch ramose forking furcate branched ramify separate ramous ramate fork ramification

Parts of Speech

noun	the act of branching out or dividing into branches
verb	grow and send out branches or branch-like structures “these plants ramify early and get to be very large”
verb	divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork “The road forks”
adjective	having branches
adjective	resembling the branches of a tree

Word Forms

ramify	verb	grow and send out branches or branch-like structures
bifurcate	verb	split or divide into two
fork	verb	divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork
ramification	noun	a part of a forked or branching shape
branch	noun	a part of a forked or branching shape
fork	noun	the act of branching out or dividing into branches
forking	noun	the place where something divides into branches
furcation	noun	the place where something divides into branches

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Verzweigung

der Akt der Verzweigung oder Aufteilung in Zweige

🇫🇷French

ramification

le fait de se ramifier ou de se diviser en branches

🇪🇸Spanish

derivación

el acto de ramificarse o dividirse en ramas

🇮🇹Italian

ramificazione

l'atto di ramificarsi o dividersi in rami

🇳🇱Dutch

vertakking

de handeling van het vertakken of verdelen in takken

🇵🇹Portuguese

ramificação

o ato de ramificar ou dividir em ramos

🇷🇺Russian

ветвление

акт разветвления или деления на ветви

India

🇮🇳Hindi

शाखाओं में

शाखाओं में बँटने या बाँटने की क्रिया या भाव

🇧🇩Bengali

শাখা

শাখা বের করা বা শাখায় বিভক্ত করার কাজ

🇮🇳Tamil

கிளைகள்

கிளைகளாக அல்லது கிளைகளாகப் பிரிக்கும் செயல்

🇮🇳Telugu

శాఖలు

శాఖలుగా లేదా శాఖలుగా విభజించే చర్య

🇮🇳Marathi

शाखा

शाखा काढण्याची किंवा शाखांमध्ये विभागण्याची क्रिया

🇮🇳Gujarati

શાખાઓ

શાખાઓ બહાર કાઢવા અથવા શાખાઓમાં વિભાજીત કરવાની ક્રિયા

🇮🇳Kannada

ಕವಲೊಡೆಯುತ್ತಿದೆ

ಕವಲೊಡೆಯುವ ಅಥವಾ ಶಾಖೆಗಳಾಗಿ ವಿಭಜಿಸುವ ಕ್ರಿಯೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ശാഖകൾ

ശാഖകളായി വിഭജിക്കുന്ന അല്ലെങ്കിൽ ശാഖകളായി വിഭജിക്കുന്ന പ്രവൃത്തി

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਬ੍ਰਾਂਚਿੰਗ

ਸ਼ਾਖਾਵਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਵੰਡਣ ਜਾਂ ਵੰਡਣ ਦੀ ਕਿਰਿਆ

🇵🇰Urdu

برانچنگ

شاخیں نکالنے یا شاخوں میں تقسیم کرنے کا عمل

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

分枝

分支或分成分支的行为

🇯🇵Japanese

分岐する

枝分かれする、または枝に分かれる行為

🇰🇷Korean

분기

가지를 뻗거나 가지로 나누는 행위

🇻🇳Vietnamese

phân nhánh

hành động phân nhánh hoặc chia thành các nhánh

🇹🇭Thai

การแตกแขนง

การแตกแขนงหรือแตกแขนงออกเป็นกิ่งก้าน

🇮🇩Indonesian

percabangan

tindakan bercabang atau membagi menjadi cabang

🇵🇭Filipino

sumasanga

ang akto ng pagsasanga o paghahati sa mga sanga

🇲🇾Malay

bercabang

perbuatan bercabang atau membahagikan kepada cabang

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

المتفرعة

فعل التفرع أو التقسيم إلى فروع

🇮🇷Persian

شاخه

عمل انشعاب یا تقسیم به شاخه ها

🇹🇷Turkish

dallanma

dallanma veya dallara ayrılma eylemi

🇮🇱Hebrew

מִסעָף

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