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- pronunciation:
- pr
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- parts of speech:
- intransitive verb, transitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
proliferates, proliferating, proliferated |
| definition 1: |
to multiply or grow quickly by, or as though by, cell division and the reproductive processes of living things.
- synonyms:
- multiply, pullulate, spawn
- similar words:
- breed, burgeon, flourish, increase, luxuriate, metastasize, procreate, propagate, reproduce
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| definition 2: |
to spread or increase quickly.
Spam has proliferated greatly in the past few years, and some ways of blocking unwanted e-mails have been developed.- synonyms:
- multiply, mushroom
- antonyms:
- decrease
- similar words:
- abound, burgeon, expand, flourish, increase, luxuriate, pyramid, run riot, run wild, spread, swell, thrive, upsurge
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| related words: |
breed, burgeon, increase, multiply, procreate, propagate, run wild |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| definition: |
to cause the rapid growth or spread of.
- similar words:
- augment, breed, cultivate, expand, increase, multiply, propagate, spawn
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| related words: |
breed, increase |
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| derivations: |
proliferative (adj.), proliferation (n.) |
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