proliferate
verb /prəˈlɪfəreɪt/
/prəˈlɪfəreɪt/
[intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they proliferate | /prəˈlɪfəreɪt/ /prəˈlɪfəreɪt/ |
| he / she / it proliferates | /prəˈlɪfəreɪts/ /prəˈlɪfəreɪts/ |
| past simple proliferated | /prəˈlɪfəreɪtɪd/ /prəˈlɪfəreɪtɪd/ |
| past participle proliferated | /prəˈlɪfəreɪtɪd/ /prəˈlɪfəreɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form proliferating | /prəˈlɪfəreɪtɪŋ/ /prəˈlɪfəreɪtɪŋ/ |
- to increase rapidly in number or amount synonym multiply
- Books and articles on the subject have proliferated over the last year.
- Time passed and animal life proliferated.
Word Originlate 19th cent.: back-formation from proliferation.