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bifurcate

/ˈbaɪfəkeɪt/verb

उच्चारण बाइफ़केट

दो भागों में बँटना या बाँटना, द्विभाजित होना

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    [I, T] ~ (sth) formal

    (of roads or rivers) to divide into two separate parts; to divide something in this way

    दो भागों में बँटना या बाँटना, द्विभाजित होना

    • The road bifurcates near the temple.
    • The state was bifurcated into two.
    • The river bifurcates into two streams before it meets the sea.
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    • The highway bifurcates near the airport, one branch going to the city.
    • The department was bifurcated into two separate wings.

    Synonyms divide fork branch split separate

    Opposite merge converge join unite

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bi·fur·cate

With bi- (two) and -furcate (not 'biforcate'); the noun bifurcation.

bi- (दो) और -furcate के साथ ('biforcate' गलत है); noun bifurcation।

⌂Word origin and word building

Bi- means two (bicycle, bilateral); furca is Latin for fork.

Bi- का अर्थ दो है (bicycle, bilateral); furca Latin में कांटा है।

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General knowledge

The bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh in 2014 created Telangana; Jammu and Kashmir was bifurcated into two Union Territories in 2019.

2014 में आंध्र प्रदेश के विभाजन से तेलंगाना बना; 2019 में जम्मू-कश्मीर को दो केंद्र शासित प्रदेशों में बाँटा गया।