branch out

Thân thiện

The company decided to branch out into new markets.

Definition

1. Verb (intransitive):
   • To expand or diversify one's activities, interests, or business into new areas. It implies moving beyond a previous, more limited scope or focus to include a wider variety of things.

Usage

• This verb is typically used to describe a person, organization, or business that begins to do new and different things. It often follows the preposition "into" to specify the new area.
• Common Structure: .
• It is used in both formal (business) and informal (personal interests) contexts.

Examples

• Verb:
  • After years of selling only books, the store decided to branch out into selling records and coffee.
  • As a photographer, she wants to branch out and try making documentary films.
  • He's been a software engineer for a decade but is now branching out into management.

Advanced Usage

• "to branch out on one's own": To start one's own independent business or venture, often after gaining experience elsewhere.
  • After working at the firm for years, she branched out on her own as a consultant.

Variants and Related Words

• Branch (n): A part of a tree that grows out from the trunk; a local office or division of a larger organization.
  • The bank opened a new branch in the suburbs.
• Branching (adj/n): The act of dividing or expanding into branches.
  • The branching paths of the river created a delta.

Synonyms

• Diversify: To make or become more varied; to expand the range of products or activities.
• Expand: To become larger or more extensive.
• Venture into: To dare to do something or go somewhere new.

Related Phrasal Verbs

• Branch off: To separate from a main route, path, or topic. This focuses on the act of separating or diverging rather than expansion.
  • The highway branches off to the north just past the bridge.
  • During the lecture, he branched off into a discussion of ancient history.

Related Idioms

• Spread one's wings: To begin to do new and more exciting things, especially to become more independent. (Similar in meaning to "branch out," but with a stronger connotation of personal growth and freedom.)
  • After college, she moved abroad to spread her wings and see the world.

Học thuật

Verb

1. vary in order to spread risk or to expand
   • The company diversified

Từ đồng nghĩa

• diversify
• broaden