1. to divide into branches or subdivisions; to spread out in a branching pattern
Usage: formal
2. to have complex or far-reaching consequences or implications
Usage: formal

Examples

• The river ramifies into several smaller streams as it approaches the delta.
• The company’s organizational structure ramifies into dozens of departments.
• This policy decision ramifies throughout the entire education system.
• The neural network ramifies into countless interconnected pathways.
• Her research ramifies into multiple fields of study.
• The consequences of the new law ramify far beyond what legislators anticipated.