branch, übersetzung im Collins English Cobuild & Thesaurus Wörterbuch

branch (branches plural & 3rd person present) (branching present participle) (branched past tense & past participle )

1 n-count The branches of a tree are the parts that grow out from its trunk and have leaves, flowers, or fruit growing on them.

2 n-count A branch of a business or other organization is one of the offices, shops, or groups which belong to it and which are located in different places.
The local branch of Bank of America is handling the accounts...

3 n-count A branch of an organization such as the government or the police force is a department that has a particular function.
Senate employees could take their employment grievances to another branch of government...

4 n-count A branch of a subject is a part or type of it.
Oncology is the branch of medicine dealing with tumors.

5 n-count A branch of your family is a group of its members who are descended from one particular person.
This is one of the branches of the Roosevelt family. branch off phrasal verb A road or path that branches off from another one starts from it and goes in a slightly different direction. If you branch off somewhere, you change the direction in which you are going.