branch out
Definition
- 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.
Verb
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vary in order to spread risk or to expand
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The company diversified
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