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Word branch
WordType (noun)
Phonetic BrE / brɑːntʃ / NAmE / bræntʃ /
Example
  • she climbed the tree and hid in the branches.
  • the bank has branches all over the country.
  • our new york branch is dealing with the matter.
  • the anti-terrorist branch
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branch

(noun)BrE / brɑːntʃ / NAmE / bræntʃ /
  1. a part of a tree that grows out from the main stem and on which leaves, flowers and fruit grow
    • She climbed the tree and hid in the branches.
  2. a local office or shop/store belonging to a large company or organization
    • The bank has branches all over the country.
    • Our New York branch is dealing with the matter.
  3. a part of a government or other large organization that deals with one particular aspect of its work
    • synonym department
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/department
    • the anti-terrorist branch
  4. a division of an area of knowledge or a group of languages
    • the branch of computer science known as ‘artificial intelligence’
  5. a smaller or less important part of a river, road, railway/railroad, etc. that leads away from the main part
    • a branch of the Rhine
    • a branch line (= a small line off a main railway line, often in country areas)
  6. a group of members of a family who all have the same ancestors
    • See related entries: Family background
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/family_background/branch_3
    • My uncle's branch of the family emigrated to Canada.
  7. thoroughly and completely
    • The government set out to destroy the organization root and branch.
    • root-and-branch reforms

    Extra Examples

    • The store is opening more local branches.
    • the bare branches of a tree in winter
    • Quantum analysis is a branch of statistics.
    • Scotland Yard’s anti-terrorist branch swung into action.
    • The aim is to bring together researchers from different branches of geography.

    Word Origin

    • Middle English: from Old French branche, from late Latin branca ‘paw’.
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