BI FURCATES Synonyms: 84 Similar and Opposite Words

bifurcates

verb

present tense third-person singular of bifurcate

as in subdivides

formal to undergo division into two parts The stream bifurcated into two narrow winding channels.

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Recent Examples of bifurcates While designing the Guggenheim in Bilbao, Spain, in the 1990s, the architect would sit by the river that bifurcates the city, looking at different metal treatments. —

Belinda Luscombe, Time, 6 Dec. 2025 For example, Highway 17 currently bifurcates a piece planners hope to lock in through Los Gatos. —

San Francisco Chronicle, 30 July 2021

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This essentially divides the matches into quarters, which is how American spectators prefer to mark the passage of time.

— Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 12 June 2026
There’s always at least one Love Island USA contestant who divides viewers, and for Season 8, that person is Melanie Moreno.

— Allison DeGrushe, StyleCaster, 11 June 2026