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proliferates

proliferates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of proliferate.

Meaning of proliferate

Verb

proliferate (third-person singular simple present proliferates, present participle proliferating, simple past and past participle proliferated)

  1. (ambitransitive) To increase in number or spread rapidly; to multiply.
    • The flowers proliferated rapidly all spring.

Questions about proliferates

What is proliferates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Proliferates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of proliferate.

Words near proliferates in the dictionary

  1. prolifer
  2. proliferant
  3. proliferants
  4. proliferate
  5. proliferated
  6. proliferates
  7. proliferating
  8. proliferation
  9. proliferation therapy
  10. proliferational
  11. proliferations

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