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instigate
/ˈɪn stə ˌɡeɪt /
/ˈɪn stə ˌɡeɪt /
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bifurcate
/ˈbɪ fər ˌkeɪt/
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split or divide into two
bifurcate meaning(s)
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- (v) split or divide into two
- (v) divide into two branches
- (adj) resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches
bifurcate usage(s)
- I could see, for instance, if the Academy decided to bifurcate the picture awards into drama and musicalcomedy, a la the Golden Globes (and the Emmys) so as to correct the awards .
- A Government official had written: "We should now plan definitely to bifurcate in Rome.
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bifurcated
/ˈbɪ fər ˌkeɪ tɪd/
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divided into or made up of two parts
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bifurcation
/ˌbɪ fər ˈkeɪ ʃən/
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a bifurcating branch (one or both of them)
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big
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above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
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big band
a large dance or jazz band usually featuring improvised solos by lead musicians
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big bang
(cosmology) the cosmic explosion that is hypothesized to have marked the origin…
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big bang theory
(cosmology) the theory that the universe originated sometime between…
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big bedbug
large bloodsucking bug
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big ben
clock in the clock tower of the Houses of Parliament, London
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big bend
a triangular area in southwestern Texas on the Mexican border; formed by a bend…
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big bend national park
a large national park in Texas featuring mountains and desert…
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big bill haywood
United States labor leader and militant socialist who was one of the…
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big bill tilden
United States tennis player who dominated men's tennis in the 1920s…
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big blue
a reliable and deadly 15,000-pound fragmentation bomb that explodes just above…
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big board
a stock exchange in New York
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big brother
an authoritarian leader and invader of privacy
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big brown bat
rather large North American brown bat; widely distributed
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big bucks
a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit)
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big business
commercial enterprises organized and financed on a scale large enough to…
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big businessman
a very wealthy or powerful businessman
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big cat
any of several large cats typically able to roar and living in the wild
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big cheese
an important influential person
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big deal
an important influential person
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big dipper
a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major