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proliferate meaning

EN[pɹəˈlɪf.ɜː(ɹ).eɪt] [pɹoʊˈlɪfəɹeɪt]

    Definition of proliferate in English Dictionary

  • VerbSGproliferatesPRproliferatingPT, PPproliferatedPREpro-SUF-ate
    1. To increase in number or spread rapidly.
      1. The flowers proliferated rapidly all spring.
  • More Examples
    1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
      • The immortalized DFCs (iDFCs) exhibit higher proliferate activity, which can be reversed to its original level before immortalization when deimmortalized by FLP recombinase.
      • Historical writing proliferates in examples of tendentious accounts of national history, where the “whitewashing” of one history goes hand in hand with the “blackwashing” of another.
      • Rapidly proliferating thyrocytes are likely more vulnerable to mutagens such as radiation, chemical carcinogens and oxidative stress, and may accumulate a higher number of genetic alterations.
  • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
    1. Morphemes
      • Suffixes
        • Words by suffix
          • Words suffixed with -ate
      • Verbs
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      1. en proliferated
      2. en proliferates
      Source: Wiktionary

      Meaning of proliferate for the defined word.

      Grammatically, this word "proliferate" is a morpheme, more specifically, a suffixe. It's also a verb.
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