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proliferate
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
proliferate
(verb)
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proliferate
/prə
ˈ
lɪfəˌreɪt/
verb
proliferates
;
proliferated
;
proliferating
proliferate
/prə
ˈ
lɪfəˌreɪt/
verb
proliferates
;
proliferated
;
proliferating
Learner's definition of PROLIFERATE
[
no object
]
:
to increase in number or amount quickly
New problems have
proliferated
in recent months. [=many new problems have occurred in recent months]
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— proliferation
/prəˌlɪfə
ˈ
reɪʃən/
noun
[
noncount
]
cancer cell
proliferation
trying to halt (the)
proliferation
of nuclear weapons
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[
singular
]
There has been a recent
proliferation
of medical advertising on TV.
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