Definition of proliferate in English:

proliferate

verb prəˈlɪfəreɪtprəˈlɪfəˌreɪt

[no object]

1Increase rapidly in number; multiply.
the science fiction magazines which proliferated in the 1920s
Example sentencesExamples
- Online support and discussion groups on every disease and health care topic have proliferated rapidly.
- As stories like this proliferate, we become increasingly fearful for York's future.
- In recent years, these judge shows have proliferated at an astonishing rate.
- Now, technology is burgeoning and proliferating, and again there is fear.
- Operating systems, application environments and hardware platforms for mobile devices are proliferating at an alarming rate.
- Country fairs have proliferated to the extent that the season must be extended to fit them all in.
- Multiple variations quickly proliferate into thousands of different model numbers.
- The literature on the work-family interface has proliferated in the last two decades.
- Moreover, as regulations proliferate, there is increased demand for exceptions that can sensitively accommodate religious needs.
- In the last few years, technology parks have proliferated in the main industrial areas and near universities and R&D centers.
- There, non-governmental groups are proliferating as poverty increases and trade liberalisation undermines local economies.
- Studies on escalating student debt will proliferate.
- As technology proliferated with the digital revolution, we gradually became more accepting of being under constant watch.
- Many of their books, films, and other interpretive works have proliferated since the mid-1990s.
- The number and kind of private joint-stock companies quickly proliferated.
- As contexts proliferate, objects accrue multiple layers of meaning, not all of which necessarily agree.
- One advantage, the developers claim, is that only one remote control will be needed instead of the multiple controls now proliferating in the average household.
- The book is timely, because studies of mating behavior are rapidly proliferating.
- If standards slide as Asian clinics proliferate and competition increases, patients will suffer.
- The photo quickly proliferates among the residents of Springfield until Homer is catching giggles and glances from everyone.
Synonyms
increase rapidly, grow rapidly, multiply, become more numerous, mushroom, snowball, burgeon, escalate, rocket, run riot
1. 1.1 (of a cell, structure, or organism) reproduce rapidly.
  cultured cells often proliferate indefinitely
  Example sentencesExamples
  The cells remaining in the ruptured follicle proliferate rapidly and form the corpus luteum.
  Several forms of cancer involve the inactivation of the apoptotic process, thus enabling the cancer cells to continue to proliferate.
  Upon muscle injury, these cells undergo mitosis, proliferate, form syncytium and ultimately form new skeletal myocytes.
  If you have any cells with estrogen receptors and you put more estrogen into the body, you're going to stimulate those cells to proliferate and divide.
  Satellite cells proliferate, differentiate, and fuse with existing myofibers.
  Stem cells are precursor cells that can proliferate, differentiate, and self-renew.
  They also proliferate, multiplying to increase the response to the wound.
  Apoptosis is a normal and essential part of early development, when brain cells proliferate rapidly and some are killed off, but little is known about how apoptosis of growing neurons is regulated.
  Thus, eye disc cells continue to proliferate until an even larger ecdysone pulse occurs during the middle of the pupal period.
  When active, the stem cells proliferate and expand, building up the follicle and producing cells that make new hair.
  Sometimes, however, they can make them ‘immortal’ - transforming a normal cell into a cancerous cell that proliferates indefinitely.
  Cytokines are secreted proteins that induce cells to proliferate and differentiate.
  It seems as if viruses are proliferating more rapidly than ever.
  Inside of this zone, undifferentiated xylem cells without secondary walls proliferated through mitotic activity.
  Under typical growth conditions, on the other hand, persisters hardly grow at all, while normal cells rapidly proliferate.
  He found that the leukemic cells stopped proliferating in vitro when the drug was present.
  If this process of self-protection does not work then the destructive cells can proliferate uncontrollably.
  If cloning by fission is viewed more generally as a form of tissue modeling seen in all metazoans, in which some cells proliferate and others die, knowledge from other organisms can suggest candidate genes.
  This work tests the novel notion that cancer cells co-opt cellular pathways that govern metabolism in order to proliferate beyond a cell's normal means.
  These influences all contribute to an environment that allows hematopoietic progenitor cells to proliferate and differentiate normally.
  Synonyms
  reproduce, multiply, breed, procreate, increase, spawn
2. 1.2with object Cause (cells, tissue, structures, etc.) to reproduce rapidly.
  electromagnetic radiation can only proliferate cancers already present
  Example sentencesExamples
  At the time, the notion that we could proliferate stem cells from an adult kidney, or any other organ for that matter, was hardly the conventional wisdom that it is today.
  In later life we are not supposed to continue to proliferate tissue at a rapid rate, grow, and accumulate mass, but rather to mature.

Derivatives

proliferative

adjective prəˈlɪfərətɪv

In mammals, germ cells undergo a small number of proliferative mitotic cell divisions as they migrate to the gonad.
Example sentencesExamples
- The tumor had a particularly high proliferative index.
- Flies homozygous for such hypomorphic mutations reach adulthood, but often exhibit defects during the proliferative stages of gametogenesis.
- They subsequently determined that cells within the ribbon were dividing, implying that they were part of a region of proliferative stem cells.
- Instead, they maintain a mitotic proliferative state.

proliferator

noun

The possessors want to stop the proliferators, and the proliferators want to defy them as well as ask them to get rid of their own mountainous nuclear arsenals.
Example sentencesExamples
- We do know that they are one of the world's worst proliferators, particularly with ballistic missile technologies.
- It was noted that even within a class of chemicals such as peroxisome proliferators, individual chemicals had differing target organs and mechanisms of toxicity.
- Binding of the complex to gene regulatory sites on the DNA, termed ‘peroxisome proliferator response elements,’ leads to the increased transcription of numerous genes.
- Here we are dealing with a rogue regime that is potentially one of the biggest proliferators of weapons of mass destruction.

Origin

Late 19th century: back-formation from proliferation.

Rhymes

vociferate

Definition of proliferate in US English:

proliferate

verbprəˈlɪfəˌreɪtprəˈlifəˌrāt

[no object]

1Increase rapidly in numbers; multiply.
the science fiction magazines that proliferated in the 1920s
Example sentencesExamples
- Country fairs have proliferated to the extent that the season must be extended to fit them all in.
- Operating systems, application environments and hardware platforms for mobile devices are proliferating at an alarming rate.
- As contexts proliferate, objects accrue multiple layers of meaning, not all of which necessarily agree.
- Online support and discussion groups on every disease and health care topic have proliferated rapidly.
- As technology proliferated with the digital revolution, we gradually became more accepting of being under constant watch.
- The number and kind of private joint-stock companies quickly proliferated.
- In the last few years, technology parks have proliferated in the main industrial areas and near universities and R&D centers.
- The book is timely, because studies of mating behavior are rapidly proliferating.
- As stories like this proliferate, we become increasingly fearful for York's future.
- Many of their books, films, and other interpretive works have proliferated since the mid-1990s.
- The photo quickly proliferates among the residents of Springfield until Homer is catching giggles and glances from everyone.
- Studies on escalating student debt will proliferate.
- The literature on the work-family interface has proliferated in the last two decades.
- Now, technology is burgeoning and proliferating, and again there is fear.
- In recent years, these judge shows have proliferated at an astonishing rate.
- Moreover, as regulations proliferate, there is increased demand for exceptions that can sensitively accommodate religious needs.
- One advantage, the developers claim, is that only one remote control will be needed instead of the multiple controls now proliferating in the average household.
- Multiple variations quickly proliferate into thousands of different model numbers.
- If standards slide as Asian clinics proliferate and competition increases, patients will suffer.
- There, non-governmental groups are proliferating as poverty increases and trade liberalisation undermines local economies.
Synonyms
increase rapidly, grow rapidly, multiply, become more numerous, mushroom, snowball, burgeon, escalate, rocket, run riot
1. 1.1 (of a cell, structure, or organism) reproduce rapidly.
  the Mediterranean faces an ecological disaster if the seaweed continues to proliferate at its present rate
  Example sentencesExamples
  If you have any cells with estrogen receptors and you put more estrogen into the body, you're going to stimulate those cells to proliferate and divide.
  Upon muscle injury, these cells undergo mitosis, proliferate, form syncytium and ultimately form new skeletal myocytes.
  They also proliferate, multiplying to increase the response to the wound.
  This work tests the novel notion that cancer cells co-opt cellular pathways that govern metabolism in order to proliferate beyond a cell's normal means.
  Sometimes, however, they can make them ‘immortal’ - transforming a normal cell into a cancerous cell that proliferates indefinitely.
  Stem cells are precursor cells that can proliferate, differentiate, and self-renew.
  Thus, eye disc cells continue to proliferate until an even larger ecdysone pulse occurs during the middle of the pupal period.
  These influences all contribute to an environment that allows hematopoietic progenitor cells to proliferate and differentiate normally.
  It seems as if viruses are proliferating more rapidly than ever.
  When active, the stem cells proliferate and expand, building up the follicle and producing cells that make new hair.
  Cytokines are secreted proteins that induce cells to proliferate and differentiate.
  Under typical growth conditions, on the other hand, persisters hardly grow at all, while normal cells rapidly proliferate.
  The cells remaining in the ruptured follicle proliferate rapidly and form the corpus luteum.
  Satellite cells proliferate, differentiate, and fuse with existing myofibers.
  He found that the leukemic cells stopped proliferating in vitro when the drug was present.
  If this process of self-protection does not work then the destructive cells can proliferate uncontrollably.
  If cloning by fission is viewed more generally as a form of tissue modeling seen in all metazoans, in which some cells proliferate and others die, knowledge from other organisms can suggest candidate genes.
  Several forms of cancer involve the inactivation of the apoptotic process, thus enabling the cancer cells to continue to proliferate.
  Inside of this zone, undifferentiated xylem cells without secondary walls proliferated through mitotic activity.
  Apoptosis is a normal and essential part of early development, when brain cells proliferate rapidly and some are killed off, but little is known about how apoptosis of growing neurons is regulated.
  Synonyms
  reproduce, multiply, breed, procreate, increase, spawn
2. 1.2with object Cause (cells, tissue, structures, etc.) to reproduce rapidly.
  electromagnetic radiation can only proliferate cancers already present
  Example sentencesExamples
  In later life we are not supposed to continue to proliferate tissue at a rapid rate, grow, and accumulate mass, but rather to mature.
  At the time, the notion that we could proliferate stem cells from an adult kidney, or any other organ for that matter, was hardly the conventional wisdom that it is today.

Origin

Late 19th century: back-formation from proliferation.

单词	proliferate
释义	Definition of proliferate in English: proliferate verb prəˈlɪfəreɪtprəˈlɪfəˌreɪt [no object] 1Increase rapidly in number; multiply. the science fiction magazines which proliferated in the 1920s Example sentencesExamples Online support and discussion groups on every disease and health care topic have proliferated rapidly. As stories like this proliferate, we become increasingly fearful for York's future. In recent years, these judge shows have proliferated at an astonishing rate. Now, technology is burgeoning and proliferating, and again there is fear. Operating systems, application environments and hardware platforms for mobile devices are proliferating at an alarming rate. Country fairs have proliferated to the extent that the season must be extended to fit them all in. Multiple variations quickly proliferate into thousands of different model numbers. The literature on the work-family interface has proliferated in the last two decades. Moreover, as regulations proliferate, there is increased demand for exceptions that can sensitively accommodate religious needs. In the last few years, technology parks have proliferated in the main industrial areas and near universities and R&D centers. There, non-governmental groups are proliferating as poverty increases and trade liberalisation undermines local economies. Studies on escalating student debt will proliferate. As technology proliferated with the digital revolution, we gradually became more accepting of being under constant watch. Many of their books, films, and other interpretive works have proliferated since the mid-1990s. The number and kind of private joint-stock companies quickly proliferated. As contexts proliferate, objects accrue multiple layers of meaning, not all of which necessarily agree. One advantage, the developers claim, is that only one remote control will be needed instead of the multiple controls now proliferating in the average household. The book is timely, because studies of mating behavior are rapidly proliferating. If standards slide as Asian clinics proliferate and competition increases, patients will suffer. The photo quickly proliferates among the residents of Springfield until Homer is catching giggles and glances from everyone. Synonyms increase rapidly, grow rapidly, multiply, become more numerous, mushroom, snowball, burgeon, escalate, rocket, run riot 1.1 (of a cell, structure, or organism) reproduce rapidly. cultured cells often proliferate indefinitely Example sentencesExamples The cells remaining in the ruptured follicle proliferate rapidly and form the corpus luteum. Several forms of cancer involve the inactivation of the apoptotic process, thus enabling the cancer cells to continue to proliferate. Upon muscle injury, these cells undergo mitosis, proliferate, form syncytium and ultimately form new skeletal myocytes. If you have any cells with estrogen receptors and you put more estrogen into the body, you're going to stimulate those cells to proliferate and divide. Satellite cells proliferate, differentiate, and fuse with existing myofibers. Stem cells are precursor cells that can proliferate, differentiate, and self-renew. They also proliferate, multiplying to increase the response to the wound. Apoptosis is a normal and essential part of early development, when brain cells proliferate rapidly and some are killed off, but little is known about how apoptosis of growing neurons is regulated. Thus, eye disc cells continue to proliferate until an even larger ecdysone pulse occurs during the middle of the pupal period. When active, the stem cells proliferate and expand, building up the follicle and producing cells that make new hair. Sometimes, however, they can make them ‘immortal’ - transforming a normal cell into a cancerous cell that proliferates indefinitely. Cytokines are secreted proteins that induce cells to proliferate and differentiate. It seems as if viruses are proliferating more rapidly than ever. Inside of this zone, undifferentiated xylem cells without secondary walls proliferated through mitotic activity. Under typical growth conditions, on the other hand, persisters hardly grow at all, while normal cells rapidly proliferate. He found that the leukemic cells stopped proliferating in vitro when the drug was present. If this process of self-protection does not work then the destructive cells can proliferate uncontrollably. If cloning by fission is viewed more generally as a form of tissue modeling seen in all metazoans, in which some cells proliferate and others die, knowledge from other organisms can suggest candidate genes. This work tests the novel notion that cancer cells co-opt cellular pathways that govern metabolism in order to proliferate beyond a cell's normal means. These influences all contribute to an environment that allows hematopoietic progenitor cells to proliferate and differentiate normally. Synonyms reproduce, multiply, breed, procreate, increase, spawn 1.2with object Cause (cells, tissue, structures, etc.) to reproduce rapidly. electromagnetic radiation can only proliferate cancers already present Example sentencesExamples At the time, the notion that we could proliferate stem cells from an adult kidney, or any other organ for that matter, was hardly the conventional wisdom that it is today. In later life we are not supposed to continue to proliferate tissue at a rapid rate, grow, and accumulate mass, but rather to mature. Derivatives proliferative adjective prəˈlɪfərətɪv In mammals, germ cells undergo a small number of proliferative mitotic cell divisions as they migrate to the gonad. Example sentencesExamples The tumor had a particularly high proliferative index. Flies homozygous for such hypomorphic mutations reach adulthood, but often exhibit defects during the proliferative stages of gametogenesis. They subsequently determined that cells within the ribbon were dividing, implying that they were part of a region of proliferative stem cells. Instead, they maintain a mitotic proliferative state. proliferator noun The possessors want to stop the proliferators, and the proliferators want to defy them as well as ask them to get rid of their own mountainous nuclear arsenals. Example sentencesExamples We do know that they are one of the world's worst proliferators, particularly with ballistic missile technologies. It was noted that even within a class of chemicals such as peroxisome proliferators, individual chemicals had differing target organs and mechanisms of toxicity. Binding of the complex to gene regulatory sites on the DNA, termed ‘peroxisome proliferator response elements,’ leads to the increased transcription of numerous genes. Here we are dealing with a rogue regime that is potentially one of the biggest proliferators of weapons of mass destruction. Origin Late 19th century: back-formation from proliferation. Rhymes vociferate Definition of proliferate in US English: proliferate verbprəˈlɪfəˌreɪtprəˈlifəˌrāt [no object] 1Increase rapidly in numbers; multiply. the science fiction magazines that proliferated in the 1920s Example sentencesExamples Country fairs have proliferated to the extent that the season must be extended to fit them all in. Operating systems, application environments and hardware platforms for mobile devices are proliferating at an alarming rate. As contexts proliferate, objects accrue multiple layers of meaning, not all of which necessarily agree. Online support and discussion groups on every disease and health care topic have proliferated rapidly. As technology proliferated with the digital revolution, we gradually became more accepting of being under constant watch. The number and kind of private joint-stock companies quickly proliferated. In the last few years, technology parks have proliferated in the main industrial areas and near universities and R&D centers. The book is timely, because studies of mating behavior are rapidly proliferating. As stories like this proliferate, we become increasingly fearful for York's future. Many of their books, films, and other interpretive works have proliferated since the mid-1990s. The photo quickly proliferates among the residents of Springfield until Homer is catching giggles and glances from everyone. Studies on escalating student debt will proliferate. The literature on the work-family interface has proliferated in the last two decades. Now, technology is burgeoning and proliferating, and again there is fear. In recent years, these judge shows have proliferated at an astonishing rate. Moreover, as regulations proliferate, there is increased demand for exceptions that can sensitively accommodate religious needs. One advantage, the developers claim, is that only one remote control will be needed instead of the multiple controls now proliferating in the average household. Multiple variations quickly proliferate into thousands of different model numbers. If standards slide as Asian clinics proliferate and competition increases, patients will suffer. There, non-governmental groups are proliferating as poverty increases and trade liberalisation undermines local economies. Synonyms increase rapidly, grow rapidly, multiply, become more numerous, mushroom, snowball, burgeon, escalate, rocket, run riot 1.1 (of a cell, structure, or organism) reproduce rapidly. the Mediterranean faces an ecological disaster if the seaweed continues to proliferate at its present rate Example sentencesExamples If you have any cells with estrogen receptors and you put more estrogen into the body, you're going to stimulate those cells to proliferate and divide. Upon muscle injury, these cells undergo mitosis, proliferate, form syncytium and ultimately form new skeletal myocytes. They also proliferate, multiplying to increase the response to the wound. This work tests the novel notion that cancer cells co-opt cellular pathways that govern metabolism in order to proliferate beyond a cell's normal means. Sometimes, however, they can make them ‘immortal’ - transforming a normal cell into a cancerous cell that proliferates indefinitely. Stem cells are precursor cells that can proliferate, differentiate, and self-renew. Thus, eye disc cells continue to proliferate until an even larger ecdysone pulse occurs during the middle of the pupal period. These influences all contribute to an environment that allows hematopoietic progenitor cells to proliferate and differentiate normally. It seems as if viruses are proliferating more rapidly than ever. When active, the stem cells proliferate and expand, building up the follicle and producing cells that make new hair. Cytokines are secreted proteins that induce cells to proliferate and differentiate. Under typical growth conditions, on the other hand, persisters hardly grow at all, while normal cells rapidly proliferate. The cells remaining in the ruptured follicle proliferate rapidly and form the corpus luteum. Satellite cells proliferate, differentiate, and fuse with existing myofibers. He found that the leukemic cells stopped proliferating in vitro when the drug was present. If this process of self-protection does not work then the destructive cells can proliferate uncontrollably. If cloning by fission is viewed more generally as a form of tissue modeling seen in all metazoans, in which some cells proliferate and others die, knowledge from other organisms can suggest candidate genes. Several forms of cancer involve the inactivation of the apoptotic process, thus enabling the cancer cells to continue to proliferate. Inside of this zone, undifferentiated xylem cells without secondary walls proliferated through mitotic activity. Apoptosis is a normal and essential part of early development, when brain cells proliferate rapidly and some are killed off, but little is known about how apoptosis of growing neurons is regulated. Synonyms reproduce, multiply, breed, procreate, increase, spawn 1.2with object Cause (cells, tissue, structures, etc.) to reproduce rapidly. electromagnetic radiation can only proliferate cancers already present Example sentencesExamples In later life we are not supposed to continue to proliferate tissue at a rapid rate, grow, and accumulate mass, but rather to mature. At the time, the notion that we could proliferate stem cells from an adult kidney, or any other organ for that matter, was hardly the conventional wisdom that it is today. Origin Late 19th century: back-formation from proliferation.
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