What are the ramifications?
What are the consequences?
TRANSLATION
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WHAT ARE THE RAMIFICATIONS for shorelines around the world if predictions about rising sea levels due to global warming actually come true?
(Highbeam Research)
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WHAT ARE THE RAMIFICATIONS of the Church of England's decision to allow women to become bishops?
(BBC News)
(Highbeam Research)
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WHAT ARE THE RAMIFICATIONS of the Church of England's decision to allow women to become bishops?
(BBC News)
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ramification
noun
- complex consequences of an action or event
(Compact Oxford English Dictionary)
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WORD ORIGIN
Ramification can be traced to the Latin "ramus," meaning branch, which is also related to the Latin "radix," or root (this is where we get the word "radish"). The verb "ramify," which means to have complex consequences, stems from the Middle Latin "ramificare" (ramus = branch + facere = to make). Thus in all of its forms, ramification has to do with "a development or consequence growing out of and sometimes complicating a problem, plan, or statement."
(American Heritage Dictionary)
Ramification is also a term used in some fields of science to describe "branching out." In medicine, it can refer to a small branch or offshoot of a main channel such as an artery, vein or nerve for instance. In botany, a ramification is a structure formed of branches or a configuration of branching parts.
In mathematics, ramification is a geometric term for branching out such as the square root function for complex numbers. In philosophy and the field of artificial intelligence (especially knowledge based systems), the so-called "ramification problem" is concerned with the indirect consequences of an action.
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SYNONYMS
consequence, development, bifurcation, branch, branching, breaking, complication, consequence, division, excrescence, extension, forking, offshoot, outgrowth, partition, radiation, result, sequel, subdividing, subdivision, upshot
Phrases:
- What is the upshot of…?
- What is the outgrowth of…?
- What is the offshoot of…?
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"What are the ramifications of our strategy on production costs and product delivery times?"
noun
- complex consequences of an action or event
(Compact Oxford English Dictionary)
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WORD ORIGIN
Ramification can be traced to the Latin "ramus," meaning branch, which is also related to the Latin "radix," or root (this is where we get the word "radish"). The verb "ramify," which means to have complex consequences, stems from the Middle Latin "ramificare" (ramus = branch + facere = to make). Thus in all of its forms, ramification has to do with "a development or consequence growing out of and sometimes complicating a problem, plan, or statement."
(American Heritage Dictionary)
Ramification is also a term used in some fields of science to describe "branching out." In medicine, it can refer to a small branch or offshoot of a main channel such as an artery, vein or nerve for instance. In botany, a ramification is a structure formed of branches or a configuration of branching parts.
In mathematics, ramification is a geometric term for branching out such as the square root function for complex numbers. In philosophy and the field of artificial intelligence (especially knowledge based systems), the so-called "ramification problem" is concerned with the indirect consequences of an action.
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SYNONYMS
consequence, development, bifurcation, branch, branching, breaking, complication, consequence, division, excrescence, extension, forking, offshoot, outgrowth, partition, radiation, result, sequel, subdividing, subdivision, upshot
Phrases:
- What is the upshot of…?
- What is the outgrowth of…?
- What is the offshoot of…?
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SMUGGLE OWAD INTO TODAY'S CONVERSATION:
"What are the ramifications of our strategy on production costs and product delivery times?"
