verb
Freq #140690
Meanings
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1
verb
to divide into two branches
The road bifurcated after the turn.
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2
verb
to split or divide into two
The bone bifurcates at this point.
Thesaurus
Word family
Forms
bifurcated
Related forms
confurcatefurcatequadfurcatedtrifurcate
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin bifurcātus. Surface Analysis bi- + furcate.