bi*fur*cate<\/p>\n
verb |\u02c8b\u012bf\u0259r\u02cck\u0101t|<\/p>\n
divide into two branches or forks: [ no obj. ] : just below Cairo the river bifurcates<\/i> | [ with obj. ] : the trail was bifurcated by a mountain stream<\/i>.<\/p>\n
adjective |b\u012b\u02c8f\u0259rk\u0101t, \u02c8b\u012bf\u0259rkit|<\/p>\n
forked; branched: a bifurcate tree<\/i>.<\/p>\n
ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from medieval Latin bifurcat- \u2018divided into two forks,\u2019<\/i><\/b> from the verb bifurcare<\/i><\/b>, from Latin bifurcus \u2018two-forked,\u2019<\/i><\/b> from bi- \u2018having two\u2019<\/i><\/b> + furca \u2018a fork.\u2019<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
A real-world EXAMPLE: The modern workday is oftentimes a ceaseless tide of meetings and internal emails, which often means that workers increasingly scramble to get their “real work” done on the margins, early in the morning or late in the evening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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