Dictionary Definition
proliferate
Verb
1 grow rapidly; "Pizza parlors proliferate in
this area"
2 cause to grow or increase rapidly; "We must not
proliferate nuclear arms"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
American (SAMPA): [pr\oU"lIf@r\eIt]Verb
- To increase in number or spread rapidly.
- The flowers proliferated rapidly all spring.
Translations
- Finnish: lisääntyä nopeasti
- Spanish: proliferar
Italian
Verb
proliferate- Form of Second-person plural imperative, proliferare#Italian|proliferare
Extensive Definition
The word proliferation can refer to:
- Nuclear proliferation
- Chemical weapon proliferation
- Cell proliferation
- The proliferative phase of wound healing
proliferate in German: Proliferation
proliferate in Dutch: Proliferatie
proliferate in Polish: Proliferacja
(ujednoznacznienie)
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
abound,
accrue, accumulate, advance, appreciate, balloon, be fruitful, be
productive, beget,
bloat, boom, breed, breed true, bristle with,
broaden, burgeon, copulate, crawl with, creep
with, crescendo,
crossbreed, develop, engender, exuberate, father, flow, fructify, gain, gain strength, generate, get, get ahead, go up, grow, gush, inbreed, increase, intensify, make love, mother, mount, multiply, mushroom, outbreed, overflow, pour, procreate, propagate, pullulate, rain, reproduce, reproduce in kind,
rise, run over, run up,
shoot up, shower,
sire, snowball, spread, stream, strengthen, swarm with,
swell, teem, teem with, wax, widen