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- Dictionarybi·fur·cate
verb
- 1. divide into two branches or forks: "just below Cairo the river bifurcates"
adjective
- 1. forked; branched: "a bifurcate tree"
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The meaning of BIFURCATE is to cause to divide into two branches or parts. How to use bifurcate in a sentence. Did you know?
Bifurcate means "to divide into two branches." If you want to impress your friend (or annoy them) with your knowledge of big words, you can point out the place where "the river bifurcates ", or the way tree branches " bifurcate again and again". Really what you're describing is anything that splits into forks or branches.
BIFURCATE definition: 1. (of roads, rivers, branches, etc.) to divide into two parts: 2. (of roads, rivers, branches…. Learn more.
BIFURCATE meaning: 1. (of roads, rivers, branches, etc.) to divide into two parts: 2. (of roads, rivers, branches…. Learn more.
Bifurcate definition: to divide or fork into two branches.. See examples of BIFURCATE used in a sentence.
verb. If something such as a line or path bifurcates or is bifurcated, it divides into two parts which go in different directions. A single furrow may bifurcate and form a letter Y. [VERB] [ Also VERB noun] bifurcation (baɪfɜːʳkeɪʃən ) Word forms: plural bifurcations variable noun.
To separate into two parts or branches; fork. adj. (-kāt′, -kĭt) Forked or divided into two parts or branches, as the Y-shaped styles of certain flowers. [Medieval Latin bifurcāre, bifurcāt-, to divide, from Latin bifurcus, two-pronged : bi-, two; see bi-1 + furca, fork .] bi′fur·cate′ly adv.
verb. bifurcated, bifurcates, bifurcating. To divide into two parts or branches. Webster's New World. To separate into two parts or branches; fork. American Heritage. To divide or fork into two channels or branches. Wiktionary. Synonyms: ramify. branch. subdivide. fork. divide. diverge. adjective.
Jun 2, 2024 · bifurcate (third-person singular simple present bifurcates, present participle bifurcating, simple past and past participle bifurcated) (intransitive) To divide or fork into two channels or branches.
Definition of bifurcate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
