proliferate
to grow suddenly and rapidly
TRANSLATION
proliferate = sich stark vermehren --- GOOGLE INDEX proliferate: approximately 1,800,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
As Smartphones PROLIFERATE, Will One Company Emerge as the Clear Market Winner?
(Financial Times)
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As more and more wind turbines PROLIFERATE across our countryside, more people are needed to help connect them up and look after them.
(BBC News)
(Financial Times)
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As more and more wind turbines PROLIFERATE across our countryside, more people are needed to help connect them up and look after them.
(BBC News)
Did you
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proliferate
verb
- to increase greatly and suddenly in number
noun
proliferation
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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Proliferate is a back-formation of the noun proliferation, meaning the "formation or development of cells, which stems from the French proliferation, from prolifere "producing offspring," and from the Latin proles "offspring."
For some time the word proliferate was primarily the domain of scientists, particularly in the fields of medicine and biology. It was used to describe the rapid growth of cells (Researchers Examine Mechanisms That Help Cancer Cells PROLIFERATE). During the cold war however, proliferate and the noun proliferation became household words as the world witnessed the nuclear weapons race. This era gave us the now common phrases "nuclear proliferation" and "nuclear non-proliferation treaty."
On a less serious note, merchandising can also be subject to proliferation. Pierre Cardin, who gained fame with his collection of exclusive fashion clothing, expanded his business in the 1980s by selling licenses for the Pierre Cardin brand. The licensing operations proliferated so much that at one point his name was found on as many as 800 products, including toilet seat covers.
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SYNONYMS
breed, burgeon, engender, escalate, expand, increase quickly, generate, grow rapidly, multiply, mushroom, procreate, propagate, reproduce, run riot, snowball
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SMUGGLE OWAD INTO TODAY'S CONVERSATION:
"The proliferation of spam is causing people to overlook important e-mails."
verb
- to increase greatly and suddenly in number
noun
proliferation
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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Proliferate is a back-formation of the noun proliferation, meaning the "formation or development of cells, which stems from the French proliferation, from prolifere "producing offspring," and from the Latin proles "offspring."
For some time the word proliferate was primarily the domain of scientists, particularly in the fields of medicine and biology. It was used to describe the rapid growth of cells (Researchers Examine Mechanisms That Help Cancer Cells PROLIFERATE). During the cold war however, proliferate and the noun proliferation became household words as the world witnessed the nuclear weapons race. This era gave us the now common phrases "nuclear proliferation" and "nuclear non-proliferation treaty."
On a less serious note, merchandising can also be subject to proliferation. Pierre Cardin, who gained fame with his collection of exclusive fashion clothing, expanded his business in the 1980s by selling licenses for the Pierre Cardin brand. The licensing operations proliferated so much that at one point his name was found on as many as 800 products, including toilet seat covers.
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SYNONYMS
breed, burgeon, engender, escalate, expand, increase quickly, generate, grow rapidly, multiply, mushroom, procreate, propagate, reproduce, run riot, snowball
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SMUGGLE OWAD INTO TODAY'S CONVERSATION:
"The proliferation of spam is causing people to overlook important e-mails."
