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branching off

branching off is the present participle and gerund of branch off.

Meaning of branch off

Verb

branch off (third-person singular simple present branches off, present participle branching off, simple past and past participle branched off)

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To diverge into two or more separate paths.
  2. To separate from a main path or route.
  3. To divert from the main topic of conversation.

Questions about branching off

What is branching off the present participle and gerund of?
Branching off is the present participle and gerund of branch off.

Words near branching off in the dictionary

  1. branchiiform
  2. branchinectid
  3. branchinectids
  4. branchiness
  5. branching
  6. branching off
  7. branching out
  8. branching process
  9. branching processes
  10. branching ratio
  11. branching ratios

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Adapted from Wiktionary: branching off (page history and authors); branch off (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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