Bifurcate

//ˈbaɪfəˌkeɪt//

Synonyms for "bifurcate" (43 found)

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More general

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Synonyms

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Related terms

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similar

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Translations

27 translations across 14 languages.

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Bulgarian

2 entries
  • раздвоявам се verb ((intransitive) divide into two)
  • разклонявам се verb ((intransitive) divide into two)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 分叉 verb ((intransitive) divide into two)

Finnish

4 entries
  • bifurkaatti adj (Divided or forked into two; bifurcated)
  • haarautunut adj (Divided or forked into two; bifurcated)
  • jakautuva adj (Having bifurcations.)
  • kahtia haarautunut adj (Divided or forked into two; bifurcated)

French

1 entries
  • bifurquer verb ((intransitive) divide into two)

German

2 entries
  • gegabelt adj (Having bifurcations.)
  • zweizackig adj (Divided or forked into two; bifurcated)

Greek

1 entries
  • διακλαδώνομαι verb ((intransitive) divide into two)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • kettéágazik verb ((intransitive) divide into two)

Italian

1 entries
  • biforcare verb ((intransitive) divide into two)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • bifurkere verb ((intransitive) divide into two)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • bifurcar verb ((intransitive) divide into two)

Romanian

1 entries
  • bifurca verb ((intransitive) divide into two)

Russian

1 entries
  • раздваивать verb ((intransitive) divide into two)

Spanish

3 entries
  • bifurcado adj (Divided or forked into two; bifurcated)
  • bifurcado adj (Having bifurcations.)
  • bifurcarse verb ((intransitive) divide into two)

Swedish

2 entries
  • dela sig verb ((intransitive) divide into two)
  • klyva sig verb ((intransitive) divide into two)

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

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 the maximum hour, when the junction will handle 104 trains in all.

Source: wiktionary

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.

Source: wiktionary

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