bifurcate
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bifurcate
- /ˈbaɪfəˌkeɪt/ UK
- /ˈbaɪfɚˌkeɪt/ US
- /baɪˈfɜːkɪt/ UK
- /baɪˈfɜːkeɪt/ UK
- /baɪˈfɚkət/ US
- /baɪˈfɚkeɪt/ US
Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)kɪt
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin bifurcātus. Surface Analysis bi- + furcate.
verb bifurcates · bifurcating · bifurcated
- To divide or fork into two channels or branches. A considerable switch is to take place between Charing Cross and Cannon Street as termini for existing trains, in order to develop parallel working over the flat junction at Borough Market, where the two routes bifurcate (four tracks to Cannon Street and two to Charing Cross), as many as 20 times in
- To cause to bifurcate. The forces that reduce two people to a Goodreads recommendation have bifurcated us politically, and that day we saw the virtual, intangible dangers of this attention economy turn very real: thousands of violent rioters, radicalised online, seemingly brainwashed, fighting with guns for a lie.
Thesaurus
adjective
Similar: biforked
Translations
Every language
verb (intransitive) divide into two
| Español | bifurcarse |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 分叉 fēnchà |
| Português | bifurcar |
| Français | bifurquer |
| Italiano | biforcare |
| Ελληνικά | διακλαδώνομαι diakladónomai |
| Română | bifurca |
| Русский | раздваивать razdvaivatʹ |
adj Divided or forked into two; bifurcated
| Español | bifurcado |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | zweizackig |
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title = {bifurcate},
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