Noun

• S: (n) branching, ramification, fork, forking (the act of branching out or dividing into branches)
• S: (n) branch, leg, ramification (a part of a forked or branching shape) "he broke off one of the branches"
• S: (n) complication, ramification (a development that complicates a situation) "the court's decision had many unforeseen ramifications"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) development (a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation) "recent developments in Iraq"; "what a revolting development!"
• S: (n) change, alteration, modification (an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another) "the change was intended to increase sales"; "this storm is certainly a change for the worse"; "the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago"
• S: (n) happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event (an event that happens)
• S: (n) event (something that happens at a given place and time)
• S: (n) psychological feature (a feature of the mental life of a living organism)
• S: (n) abstraction, abstract entity (a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples)
• S: (n) entity (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))
• derivationally related form
• S: (n) ramification (an arrangement of branching parts)