proliferate

//prəˈlɪfəreɪt//
C1Frequency Level 12Formal
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Verb

proliferateInfinitive
proliferatePresent tense
proliferatedPast tense
proliferatedPast participle
proliferatingPresent participle
proliferatesThird-person singular
1

To increase rapidly in number or amount; to multiply or spread quickly.

Social media platforms have proliferated over the past decade.

2

To reproduce or cause to reproduce rapidly, especially by producing new cells, buds, or offspring.

The bacteria proliferate rapidly in warm conditions.

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