proliferate
/pɹəˈlɪf.əɹ.eɪt/ verb C1- To increase in number or spread rapidly; to multiply. · The flowers proliferated rapidly all spring.
He/she/it proliferates · Past proliferated · Past participle proliferated · -ing form proliferating
Verb forms
- Base form
- proliferate
- He/she/it
- proliferates
- Past
- proliferated
- Past participle
- proliferated
- -ing form
- proliferating
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Drive-in restaurants and expansive service stations proliferated along the shoulders, creating a homogenized but highly functional landscape of commercial consumerism.
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