What does proliferate mean?
Definitions for proliferate
prəˈlɪf əˌreɪtpro·lif·er·ate
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Princeton's WordNet
proliferateverb
grow rapidly
"Pizza parlors proliferate in this area"
proliferateverb
cause to grow or increase rapidly
"We must not proliferate nuclear arms"
Wiktionary
proliferateverb
To increase in number or spread rapidly.
The flowers proliferated rapidly all spring.
Etymology: From proles + ferre + -ate
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proliferate
To proliferate means to increase rapidly in numbers, to multiply, or to grow or develop quickly. It can be used to refer to cells, organisms, ideas, information, or any other entities that can multiply or spread.
Webster Dictionary
Proliferateverb
to produce or form cells; especially, to produce cells rapidly
Proliferateverb
to produce zooids by budding
Etymology: [L. proles offspring + ferre to bear.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Proliferate
prō-lif′e-rāt, v.i. to grow by multiplication of elementary parts: (zool.) to reproduce by proliferation.—v.t. to bear by reproduction.—n. Proliferā′tion, the birth and growth of generative zoöids.—adjs. Prolif′erātive, Prolif′erous.—adv. Prolif′erously. [L. proles, progeny, ferre, to bear.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of proliferate in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of proliferate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of proliferate in a Sentence
[MSCs] are anti-inflammatory and they promote indigenous stem cells in your body to proliferate, they stimulate cell growth and have a lot of attributes that are very advantageous for using them in humans.
Put simply, by allowing these calls to proliferate, we've broken phone service in this country.
Aziz is highly critical of the Pakistani government but Islamabad knows he commands a sizable following and claim they have no legal grounds to arrest or convict him. Ultimately, they’ve decided it’s best to avoid stirring the hornet’s nest, even if means quietly allowing the swarm to proliferate, ideally, Pakistan would pass legislation or criminal justice reforms outlawing the type of hate speech espoused by Aziz and his ilk, and then deal with them through the appropriate legal mechanisms.
When the dinosaurs go extinct, mammals proliferate, and fast.
I think what the decisions are, that the social media platforms need to make, is how they address the disinformation, misinformation, especially related to life-threatening issues like COVID-19 and vaccinations that continue to proliferate on their platforms.
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- sich vermehren, sich ausbreitenGerman
- proliferarSpanish
- تکثیرPersian
- [[levitä]] nopeasti, [[lisääntyä]] [[nopeasti]]Finnish
- ವೃದ್ಧಿಸಿKannada
- snel vermenigvuldigenDutch
- распространиться, распространять, размножаться, распространяться, распространить, размножитьсяRussian
- пролифери́рати, proliferíratiSerbo-Croatian
- 增生Chinese
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