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ramification

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Definition:

1. Result of an action, outcome, upshot, end result.

2. Smaller limbs branching out from the main trunk.

Pronunciation:

ram - eh - fuh - KAY - shun

Also Known As:

implication, corollary, result, consequence, outcome

Examples:

As Teddy issued the pink slips, he was blissfully unaware of the sad ramifications.

In a Quote

"Pursuing his inquiries, Clennam found that the Gowan family were a very distant ramification of the Barnacles..." from Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens.

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