BIFURCATES Synonyms: 84 Similar and Opposite Words

bifurcates

verb

present tense third-person singular of bifurcate

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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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Perim Island divides the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a vital trade route situated between Yemen and Djibouti and Eritrea in the Horn of Africa, that links Asia and Europe via the Red Sea and Suez Canal.

— Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 11 Sep. 2026
Perim Island is a small and rocky area of land that divides the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a waterway that connects the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden and to global markets.

— Sam Meredith, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of divides

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Babcock separates McDavid and Draisaitl for much of the season at five-on-five, unless Bowman can find a driver from outside the roster.

— Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
The details showed up on slouchy tailoring, shimmering dresses, metallic separates and playful accessories.

— Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of separates

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Earle regularly splits her time between the New Jersey manse and her younger sister Ashtin’s Upper East Side apartment.

— India Roby, Architectural Digest, 10 Sep. 2026
Today, the 77-year-old Minnesota native splits her time between two apartments in Greenwich Village, one upstairs from the other—which serve as her primary residence—and a rustic cabin near Duluth, about 20 miles from her hometown of Cloquet.

— Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 10 Sep. 2026

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