"bifurcate" meaning in English

See bifurcate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈbaɪfəˌkeɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈbaɪfɚˌkeɪt/ [General-American], /baɪˈfɛːkɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /baɪˈfɛːkeɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /baɪˈfɚkət/ [General-American], /baɪˈfɚkeɪt/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bifurcate1.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-عُثمان (Middle river exports)-bifurcate.wav [UK]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)kɪt Etymology: Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin bifurcātus. Surface Analysis bi- + furcate. Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|ML.|bifurcātus}} Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin bifurcātus, {{prefix|en|bi|furcate}} bi- + furcate Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} bifurcate (not comparable)
  1. Divided or forked into two; bifurcated. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Two Translations (Divided or forked into two; bifurcated): haarautunut (Finnish), kahtia haarautunut (Finnish), kahtiajakoinen (Finnish), kahtiajakautunut (Finnish), bifurkaatti [rare] (Finnish), zweizackig (German)
    Sense id: en-bifurcate-en-adj-Dv5Rs46q Disambiguation of Two: 35 29 21 15 Disambiguation of 'Divided or forked into two; bifurcated': 99 1
  2. Having bifurcations. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Two Translations (Having bifurcations.): kahtia jakautuva (Finnish), jakautuva (Finnish), gegabelt (German)
    Sense id: en-bifurcate-en-adj-xJd81LiI Disambiguation of Two: 35 29 21 15 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English heteronyms Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 73 5 12 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 11 71 5 13 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 12 66 6 15 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 16 60 5 19 Disambiguation of 'Having bifurcations.': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: biforked Derived forms: bifurcately

Verb

IPA: /ˈbaɪfəˌkeɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈbaɪfɚˌkeɪt/ [General-American], /baɪˈfɛːkɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /baɪˈfɛːkeɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /baɪˈfɚkət/ [General-American], /baɪˈfɚkeɪt/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bifurcate1.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-عُثمان (Middle river exports)-bifurcate.wav [UK] Forms: bifurcates [present, singular, third-person], bifurcating [participle, present], bifurcated [participle, past], bifurcated [past]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)kɪt Etymology: Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin bifurcātus. Surface Analysis bi- + furcate. Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|ML.|bifurcātus}} Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin bifurcātus, {{prefix|en|bi|furcate}} bi- + furcate Head templates: {{en-verb}} bifurcate (third-person singular simple present bifurcates, present participle bifurcating, simple past and past participle bifurcated)
  1. (intransitive) To divide or fork into two channels or branches. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Two Translations (divide into two): разклонявам се (razklonjavam se) (Bulgarian), раздвоявам се (razdvojavam se) (Bulgarian), 分叉 (fēnchā) (Chinese Mandarin), haaroittaa (Finnish), jakaa kahtia (Finnish), bifurquer (French), διακλαδώνομαι (diakladónomai) (Greek), kettéágazik (Hungarian), biforcare (Italian), bifurkere (Norwegian), bifurcar (Portuguese), bifurca (Romanian), раздваивать (razdvaivatʹ) (Russian), bifurcar (Spanish), dela sig (Swedish), klyva sig (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-bifurcate-en-verb-jCbNlQ31 Disambiguation of Two: 35 29 21 15 Disambiguation of 'divide into two': 100 0
  2. (transitive) To cause to bifurcate. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Two
    Sense id: en-bifurcate-en-verb-VMMn7pc6 Disambiguation of Two: 35 29 21 15 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with bi- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with bi-: 26 27 12 35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: branch, fork Derived forms: bifurcated [adjective], bifurcation, bifurcative, bifurcator Related terms: confurcate, furcate, quadfurcated, trifurcate

Inflected forms

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      "tags": [
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      "word": "zweizackig"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Having bifurcations.",
      "word": "gegabelt"
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