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- pronunciation:
- pr
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reIt
- 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 |
adverb + (v.)proliferate
meanwhile
(v.)proliferate
+ adverb
fast, indefinitely, rapidly, uncontrollably, widely
(v.)proliferate
+ noun
campus, decade, era, herd, missile, pollution, speed, technology, variety
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| derivations: |
proliferative (adj.), proliferation (n.) |
The word proliferate
contains the following parts:
fer, lat2, -late
Latin
root
that means carry, bring
  More about this word part:
Example words:
ablate, ablation, afferent, aquifer, collate, collation, confer, conference, conifer, correlate, defer1, differ, different, elate, elation, ferry, infer, offer, prefer, preference, preferable, prelate, proliferate, refer, relate, relation, relative, rotifer, suffer, transfer, translate, translation
-ate1
Latin
verb-forming suffix
that means to make, cause, do
More about this word part:
The suffix -ate
primarily forms transitive verbs from Latin bases. Many -ate
verbs were loanwords from Latin. Verbs ending in -ate
combine with the suffix -ion to form nouns ending in -ation. These verbs also have corresponding agent nouns ending in -ator (navigator, dictator, elevator).
Example words:
abbreviate, abdicate, abnegate, accelerate, accommodate, accumulate, activate, adequate, adjudicate, administrate, administrative, administrator, advocate, aerate, affiliate, agglomerate, agglutinate, aggravate, agitate, alienate, allocate, alternate, animate, annihilate, annotate, arrogate, aspirate, assimilate, associate, calibrate, capitulate, cerebrate, circulate, collaborate, collocate, commemorate, complicate, concentrate, congregate, consecrate, consummate, cooperate, coordinate, decapitate, decelerate, decerebrate, decimate, dedicate, dehydrate, deliberate, derogate, desecrate, dictate, disintegrate, dislocate, dissimulate, dissociate, divagate, domesticate, dominate, donate, duplicate, educate, elaborate, elevate, elongate, elucidate, emasculate, emigrate, enervate, enunciate, equate, equivocate, eradicate, evacuate, exasperate, exfoliate, expurgate, fluctuate, formulate, generate, gradate, graduate, gyrate, illuminate, illustrate, implicate, incorporate, indoctrinate, innovate, interpellate, interrogate, irradiate, irrigate, legislate, liberate, locate, mediate, motivate, narrate, navigate, negate, nominate, obliterate, operate, orate, originate, ovulate, palpate, participate, placate, populate, prognosticate, proliferate, radiate, regulate, resonate, rotate, segregate, simulate, subjugate, terminate, vacate, validate, contraindicate
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