The proliferation of Internet usage has given birth to a new generation of young people.
Source: tatoeba (1963)
Proliferation
//pɹəˌlɪf.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən//
Synonyms for "proliferation" (80 found)
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Related words (40)
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8 entriesAntonyms
2 entriesderived
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Translations
65 translations across 21 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- нарастване noun (the act of increasing or rising)
- размножение noun (the process by which an organism produces others of its kind)
- разпространение noun (the spread of weapons of mass destruction)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 增殖 noun (the process by which an organism produces others of its kind)
- 擴散 /扩散 noun (the spread of weapons of mass destruction)
Czech
4 entries- množení noun (the process by which an organism produces others of its kind)
- navyšování noun (the act of increasing or rising)
- nárůst noun (the result of building up)
- rozmnožování noun (the process by which an organism produces others of its kind)
Dutch
4 entries- proliferatie noun (the process by which an organism produces others of its kind)
- proliferatie noun (the spread of weapons of mass destruction)
- toename noun (the act of increasing or rising)
- vergroting noun (the act of increasing or rising)
Finnish
2 entries- lisääntyminen noun (the process by which an organism produces others of its kind)
- lisääntyminen noun (the act of increasing or rising)
French
1 entries- prolifération noun (the process by which an organism produces others of its kind)
German
4 entries- Knospung noun (the process by which an organism produces others of its kind)
- Proliferation noun (the spread of weapons of mass destruction)
- Sprossung noun (the process by which an organism produces others of its kind)
- Verbreitung noun (the spread of weapons of mass destruction)
Greek
4 entries- αύξηση noun (the act of increasing or rising)
- πλήθυνση noun (the act of increasing or rising)
- πολλαπλασιασμός noun (the process by which an organism produces others of its kind)
- πολλαπλασιασμός noun (the act of increasing or rising)
Indonesian
2 entries- proliferasi noun (the process by which an organism produces others of its kind)
- proliferasi noun (the spread of weapons of mass destruction)
Italian
2 entries- proliferazione noun (the process by which an organism produces others of its kind)
- proliferazione noun (the act of increasing or rising)
Japanese
1 entries- 増殖 noun (the process by which an organism produces others of its kind)
Korean
2 entries- (동식물의)번식 noun (the process by which an organism produces others of its kind)
- (세포의)증식 noun (the process by which an organism produces others of its kind)
Malay
2 entries- pemproliferatan noun (the process by which an organism produces others of its kind)
- percambahan noun (the spread of weapons of mass destruction)
Polish
2 entries- proliferacja noun (the spread of weapons of mass destruction)
- rozprzestrzenienie noun (the process by which an organism produces others of its kind)
Portuguese
1 entries- proliferação noun (the process by which an organism produces others of its kind)
Russian
4 entries- пролифера́ция noun (the act of increasing or rising)
- размноже́ние noun (the process by which an organism produces others of its kind)
- разраста́ние noun (the process by which an organism produces others of its kind)
- распростране́ние noun (the process by which an organism produces others of its kind)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- proliferácija noun (the process by which an organism produces others of its kind)
- пролифера́ција noun (the process by which an organism produces others of its kind)
Slovene
4 entries- dviganje noun (the act of increasing or rising)
- dviganje noun (the act of increasing or rising)
- razmnoževanje noun (the process by which an organism produces others of its kind)
- večanje noun (the act of increasing or rising)
Spanish
1 entries- proliferación noun (the process by which an organism produces others of its kind)
Swedish
1 entries- förökning noun (the process by which an organism produces others of its kind)
Ukrainian
2 entries- розмноження noun (the process by which an organism produces others of its kind)
- розповсюдження noun (the spread of weapons of mass destruction)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
Nuclear proliferation is the spread of nuclear weapons.
Source: tatoeba (11799086)
The United Nations' top human rights official says the proliferation of crises brought on by conflict, climate change, poverty and discrimination are eroding people's fundamental rights and freedoms and threatening the stability of nations worldwide.
Source: tatoeba (11840765)
One particularly damaging, but often ignored, effect of conflict on education is the proliferation of attacks on schools[…]as children, teachers or school buildings become the targets of attacks. Parents fear sending their children to school. Girls are particularly vulnerable to sexual violence.
Source: wiktionary
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