bifurcated
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- adjective
- /ˈbaɪfərˌkeɪtɪd/
- Formal
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bifurcado
- The bifurcated path leads hikers in two different directions through the forest.
So Florida provides for a bifurcated trial just like Georgia.
- So Florida provides for a bifurcated trial just like Georgia.
- So we have a bifurcated point of view and com thinks that that's fundamentally right.
- And so you've got this bifurcated self, which is actually a, a, a rift in your essential beingness.
- You learn that fame is something that in America, because we're so bifurcated that everyone has a little niche.
- Whereas yes, there are, it is a little bifurcated because there are, there is a division of the left hippie types who are anti back.
Examples
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So Florida provides for a bifurcated trial just like Georgia.
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And the reasoning behind this is basically, so the Supreme Court says, look, we have a bifurcated trial system.
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I see now a little more room for them not to begin to live a bifurcated life, but to just be who they are.
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OK, so in this second bifurcated notion, it's not that history makes the man, it's that man makes history.
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But I think the reason is and with all due respect to Co-op, that we've got a bifurcated industry.
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So we have a bifurcated point of view and com thinks that that's fundamentally right.
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So we've got we've got a sort of bifurcated self consciousness between knowing and not knowing.
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And so you've got this bifurcated self, which is actually a, a, a rift in your essential beingness.
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The river became bifurcated as it split into two smaller streams.
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In the prototype, the design features a bifurcated handle that provides better grip.
Synonyms
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Dividing into two or more branches, like a road that splits
Split into two parts or branches, like a river
Having two parts that reach almost to the base
A limb or body part that has two separate branches
A part that is split into two, often at the tip, as in a leaf or tongue
Having two rounded parts separated by a deep notch
A leaf or plant part with two separate lobes like a ginkgo leaf
Having two rounded parts that stick out like two small bumps
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word bifurcated comes from bi- 'two' and furca 'fork', so it is like a fork in the road that splits into two paths. That's why bifurcated means 'divided into two branches'.