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Definitions

branching

ADJECTIVE
forked
Synonyms
STRONG
angled bifurcate bifurcated branched divaricate divided furcate furcated split tined zigzag
WEAK
bifid dichotomous dichotonic pronged tridented
Antonyms
WEAK
joined unbranched
NOUN
ramification
Synonyms
STRONGEST
complication consequence upshot
STRONG
bifurcation branch breaking divarication division excrescence extension forking offshoot outgrowth partition radiation result sequel subdivision
WEAK
subdividing
Antonyms
STRONGEST
cause origin source
STRONG
juncture union unity whole

Example Sentences

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Pike followed the main line — called the trunk line — which had hoses branching off in other directions.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026

Artificial-intelligence tools are improving at a dizzying pace and branching into new, specialized areas.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

That is because Paradoxophidion appears to be an early branching member of the caenophidians, the group that includes most snake species alive today.

From Science Daily • Dec. 31, 2025

The branching narratives, full of side quests and incidental characters, offer plenty of material to draw from, but deciding what to bring to the screen is a mammoth task.

From BBC • Dec. 17, 2025

But as we shall see, coherent discourse also uses devices that differ from the branching of a tree, and our metaphors must expand accordingly.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker