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🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

ramificazione

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ramificazione

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Ramification/ˌræm.ɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/
nounCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #4500 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Dobbiamo considerare tutte le ramificazioni del problema."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    A complex or unwelcome consequence of an action or event.

    "We must consider all the ramifications of the new policy before implementing it."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Late Latin ramificare (to branch out), combining ramus (branch) and facere (to make). Entered English in the mid-17th century, initially describing the physical branching structure of plants or blood vessels before shifting metaphorically to complex, far-reaching consequences.

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