proliferation
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9.5
- noun
- /prəˌlɪfəˈreɪʃən/
- Specialized
:
proliferación
- One of the distinctive features of the Antwerp fairs was the proliferation of specialized markets.
- nuclear proliferation
- prevent proliferation
- proliferation of weapons
What about the fact that it is connected to weapons proliferation?
- What about the fact that it is connected to weapons proliferation?
- We want to control cell proliferation.
- What are some likely interesting trajectories for the proliferation of AI in society over the next couple of decades?
- It is dysregulated proliferation of your own cells into a cluster, which we call a tumor.
- And the real danger is the proliferation of the ability to hit.
- And you have this proliferation of all these Mickey Mouse degrees.
- It's the proliferation of sins, and sin is a word.
- Where is there a stoppage of nuclear proliferation in that?
- I keep asking our people, the weapons people in DOE, what's proliferation risk reduction worth?
- And you don't have a fundamental hope for the the proliferation of ASICS except in the cloud.
Examples
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Because of the proliferation of this myth, artists suffer, and they should not.
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Every time we visited, there was a proliferation of lines.
Fiction book (1999) -
If we were to see it as sufficient, we would not be able to prevent the proliferation of nations.
Academic text (1999) -
But now there is a proliferation of of exchange traded funds.
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That all began to change with the proliferation of mechanical clocks.
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80 years ago, who could have predicted nuclear proliferation?
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The way was thus paved for the proliferation of alternative religious affiliations.
Academic text (1999) -
One reason for the increase in bureaucracy is the complexity and proliferation of self-assessment forms.
Academic text (2011) -
Chromolithographs have been a central and critical feature in the maintenance and proliferation of African-derived religious systems throughout the Americas.
Academic text (1999) -
proliferation of smartphones has changed how we communicate and access information.
Synonyms
∞
1.6
An increase in size, number, or importance of something
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1.0
A rise that happens over time and makes something larger
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3.3
An increase in size, amount, or range
74
3.0
A sudden large increase in the number or amount of something
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2.8
A quick increase in size, number, or importance
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5.0
A sudden strong increase in activity or interest
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6.6
A very large amount of something
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6.6
Plants or animals producing young so their number grows
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3.2
A fast increase in the number of things
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3.7
A fast increase that affects many people or places
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7.2
A very large number of things that arrive at the same time
A fast, large increase in number, for example shops or plants
A sudden rise in the number or amount of something
A sudden large increase in the number of animals in an area
Growing very quickly in size or cost
Antonyms
Compounds
How Rapid
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3.0
- Specialized
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9.5
2
3.2
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1.0
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1.0
∞
1.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
proliferation = proliferate (semi-transparent) = prolifer + ion
Formed by regular nominalization of the verb 'proliferate' with '-ion', but the verb 'proliferate' itself contains the Latin combining form 'prolifer-' which is not fully transparent to many learners.
Etymology
Proliferation comes from Latin parts proles 'offspring' and ferre 'to bear', so it originally meant 'to bear young'. Think of prolific, which means 'producing a lot'; that's why proliferation means a quick increase or wide spreading of many things.