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" (100 found)
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Closest matches (20)
Noun(2 words)
arms builduparms spread
Adjective(1 words)
bacterial growth
Strong matches (30)
Related words (50)
Noun(9 words)
infestationsmilitary expansionmitosismultiplicationmushroomingovergrowingovergrowthspreadweapon spread
Determiner(1 words)
more microbial growth
Verb(1 words)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
16 entriesbiological processdevelopmentgrowinggrowthgrowth processincreaseincrementinternational relations conceptmaturationontogenesisontogenyphenomenonphysiological processpolitical processsecurity issuespread
More specific
9 entriesballistic missile proliferationcell proliferationembryonic cell proliferationgeographic spreadmultiplicative growthneoplastic proliferationnuclear proliferationrapid growthtissue proliferation
Collocations
6 entriescell proliferationnuclear proliferationproliferation raterapid proliferationuncontrolled proliferationweapons proliferation
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
7 entriesAntonyms
2 entriesTranslations
24 translations across 9 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- нарастване noun (the act of increasing or rising)
Czech
3 entries- navyšování noun (the act of increasing or rising)
- rozšiřování noun (the act of increasing or rising)
- zvětšování noun (the act of increasing or rising)
Dutch
4 entries- toename noun (the act of increasing or rising)
- vergroting noun (the act of increasing or rising)
- versterking noun (the act of increasing or rising)
- woekering noun (the act of increasing or rising)
Finnish
1 entries- lisääntyminen noun (the act of increasing or rising)
German
4 entries- Vergrößerung noun (the act of increasing or rising)
- Verstärkung noun (the act of increasing or rising)
- Wucherung noun (the act of increasing or rising)
- Zunahme noun (the act of increasing or rising)
Greek
3 entries- αύξηση noun (the act of increasing or rising)
- πλήθυνση noun (the act of increasing or rising)
- πολλαπλασιασμός noun (the act of increasing or rising)
Italian
1 entries- proliferazione noun (the act of increasing or rising)
Russian
3 entries- пролифера́ция noun (the act of increasing or rising)
- рост noun (the act of increasing or rising)
- увеличе́ние noun (the act of increasing or rising)
Slovene
4 entries- dviganje noun (the act of increasing or rising)
- dviganje noun (the act of increasing or rising)
- večanje noun (the act of increasing or rising)
- širjenje noun (the act of increasing or rising)
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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