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Meaning of "root-and-branch" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ROOT-AND-BRANCH

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ROOT-AND-BRANCH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Root-And-Branch can act as an adjective and an adverb.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES ROOT-AND-BRANCH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of root-and-branch in the English dictionary

The definition of root-and-branch in the dictionary is on a large scale or without discrimination; wholesale. Other definition of root-and-branch is entirely; completely; utterly.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ROOT-AND-BRANCH

root hair
root mean square
root nodule
root out
root position
root sign
root treatment
root up
root vegetable
root word
root-canal therapy
root-canal work
rootage
rooted
rootedly
rootedness
rooter
roothold
rootiness
rooting compound

WORDS THAT END LIKE ROOT-AND-BRANCH

anabranch
blanch
branch
cadet branch
cranch
disbranch
dude ranch
elasmobranch
interbranch
lophobranch
marsipobranch
nudibranch
olive branch
opisthobranch
prosobranch
ranch
root and branch
Special Branch
sub-branch
tectibranch
tree-and-branch

Synonyms and antonyms of root-and-branch in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «root-and-branch» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ROOT-AND-BRANCH

Find out the translation of root-and-branch to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of root-and-branch from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «root-and-branch» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

根和枝
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

raíz y ramas
570 millions of speakers

English

root-and-branch
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जड़ और शाखा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الجذر و الفرع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

корень - и - филиал
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

raiz - e - ramo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

রুট-এবং-শাখা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

des racines et des branches
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Akar dan cawangan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Wurzel - und Zweig -
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ルート·アンド·ブランチ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

루트 및 분기
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

ROOT-lan-cabang
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

root- và - chi nhánh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ரூட் மற்றும் கிளை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मूळ आणि शाखा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kök-ve-şube
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

root- and- branch
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

root- a - oddział
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

корінь - і -філія
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

rădăcină - și - ramură
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

root - και - κατάστημα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

wortel - en - tak
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

grundlig branch
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

root - and- gren
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of root-and-branch

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ROOT-AND-BRANCH»

The term «root-and-branch» is regularly used and occupies the 90.428 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ROOT-AND-BRANCH» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «root-and-branch» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «root-and-branch» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about root-and-branch

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ROOT-AND-BRANCH»

Discover the use of root-and-branch in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to root-and-branch and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Root and Branch: Charles Hamilton Houston, Thurgood ...
Root and Branch is the compelling story of the fiercely committed laywers that constructed the legal foundation for what we now call the civil rights movement.
Rawn James, Jr., 2010
2
Root and Branch: African Americans in New York and East ...
African Americans in New York and East Jersey, 1613-1863 Graham Russell Gao Hodges. also to my stepdaughter, Celeste Creel, for her spirit and optimism. This volume is dedicated to my wife, Margaret Washington. A historian herself, she ...
Graham Russell Gao Hodges, 1999
3
The Alonzo B. Albertson Family Root and Branch: Being the ...
Hans Albertson immigrated from Holland to New Castle, Delaware in 1640.
Oliver Herman Albertson
4
Management Principles for Health Professionals
Root and branch decision making, "satisficing," maximizing, and the use of Paretian opti- mality are among the fundamental types of (or approaches to) decision making that will partially determine the decisions that are actually reached.
Joan Gratto Liebler, Charles R. McConnell, 2004
5
Early American Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases
Barbour 154; TW 310. See R99. R132 To destroy (etc. ) Root and branch 1705 Beverley History 34: So that the Indians . . . formed a Stratagem to destroy them Root and Branch. 1761 Johnson Papers 3.520: To extirpate them Root and branch.
Bartlett Jere Whiting, 1977
6
Root And Branch
This second edition is a revised reprint featuring four of the five items of the original edition.
Thomas Honegger, 2005
7
Merchants and Revolution: Commercial Change, Political ...
Toward Religious Independency The new-merchant leadership was strongly in favor of root and branch Puritanism and the end of episcopacy, as were almost all of the City oppositionists, whatever their precise political and religious positions.
Robert Brenner, 2003
8
The Christian remembrancer; or, The Churchman's Biblical, ...
For such an union betwixt the root and the branch is the most glaring profligacy ; for instance, for a man to marry his mother or daughter ; therefore, marriage betwixt root and branch was forbidden. Nor does it constitute any difference whether ...
‎1855
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The Christian Remembrancer
Nor does it constitute any difference whether the root marry the branch, or the branch the root, or whether they meet in marriage with a third person, as when any one marries both root and branch. On this account a man was forbidden to marry ...
‎1855
10
The Engaging Museum: Developing Museums for Visitor Involvement
This very practical book guides museums on how to create the highest quality experience possible for their visitors.
Graham Black, 2005

8 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ROOT-AND-BRANCH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term root-and-branch is used in the context of the following news items.
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Irish tax schemes for start-ups scream out for root-and-branch reform
For many years now I have been giving talks on raising money and tax schemes to incubators, accelerators and tech events in the UK and Ireland. To many ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
2
BBC needs good pruning, not root-and-branch change
Some UK lawmakers want a root-and-branch reform. But while the BBC has its imperfections, it is a much loved institution which is not obviously broken. Rather ... «Reuters Blogs, Jul 15»
3
BBC facing 'root-and-branch' review
The government is set to launch a "root-and-branch" review of the BBC, as the corporation heads towards charter renewal in 2016. A Green Paper, to be issued ... «BBC News, Jul 15»
4
Cambridge City Council launches root-and-branch consultation over …
A plea has been launched to those that care about the city's trees to get involved in a new consultation safeguarding their future. Cambridge City Council has ... «Cambridge News, May 15»
5
Root-and-branch approach helps tech education start-up Treehouse …
When it comes to job perks, tech education start-up Treehouse is probably up there with the best. Staff at the US technology company all work four days a week ... «Irish Times, May 15»
6
Disappointed Cuthbert promises 'root-and-branch' review
At the same time the six to seven weeks does give us an opportunity to have a root-and-branch examination of where we're at as a group and why we performed ... «Irish Examiner, Apr 15»
7
New Tesco chief executive to lead root-and-branch review
The new chief executive of Tesco, Dave Lewis, is to lead a root-and-branch review of Britain's biggest retailer after Philip Clarke was ousted as boss. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 14»
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Banks need root-and-branch reform, says Labour's Ed Balls
Labour has demanded that top High Street banks should be forced to sell off hundreds of branches in a "root-and-branch" reform of the industry. Shadow ... «BBC News, Jul 12»

REFERENCE
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