bɹɑːntʃ bɹæntʃ lɛɡ ɹæmɪfɪˈkeɪʃən ˌɹæməfəˈkeɪʃən the act of branching out or dividing into branches an arrangement of branching parts a development that complicates a situation the court's decision had many unforeseen ramifications a part of a forked or branching shape he broke off one of the branches