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proliferating

proliferating is the present participle and gerund 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 proliferating

What is proliferating the present participle and gerund of?
Proliferating is the present participle and gerund of proliferate.

Words near proliferating in the dictionary

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

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