English-Thai Dictionary

proliferate

VI เพิ่มจำนวน อย่างรวดเร็ว  poem-jam-nuan-yang-ruad-reo

 

proliferate

VT ทำให้ เพิ่มจำนวน อย่างรวดเร็ว  tam-hai-poem-jam-nuan-yang-ruad-reo

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PROLIFERATE

Pro *lif "er *ate, v. t. Etym: [L. proles offspring + ferre to bear. ]

 

1. (Biol.)

 

Defn: To produce or form cells; especially, to produce cells rapidly.

 

2. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: To produce zooids by budding.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

proliferate

pro lif er ate |prəˈlifəˌrāt prəˈlɪfəˌreɪt | ▶verb [ no obj. ] increase rapidly in numbers; multiply: the science-fiction magazines that proliferated in the 1920s. • (of a cell, structure, or organism ) reproduce rapidly: the Mediterranean faces an ecological disaster if the seaweed continues to proliferate at its present rate. • [ with obj. ] cause (cells, tissue, structures, etc. ) to reproduce rapidly: electromagnetic radiation can only proliferate cancers already present. DERIVATIVES pro lif er a tive |-ˌrātiv |adjective, pro lif er a tor |-ˌrātər |noun ORIGIN late 19th cent.: back-formation from proliferation .

 

Oxford Dictionary

proliferate

proliferate |prəˈlɪfəreɪt | ▶verb [ no obj. ] increase rapidly in number; multiply: the science-fiction magazines which proliferated in the 1920s. • (of a cell, structure, or organism ) reproduce rapidly: cultured cells often proliferate indefinitely. • [ with obj. ] cause (cells, tissue, structures, etc. ) to reproduce rapidly. DERIVATIVES proliferative |-rətɪv |adjective, proliferator noun ORIGIN late 19th cent.: back-formation from proliferation .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

proliferate

proliferate verb stories of her trial proliferated: increase rapidly, grow rapidly, multiply, rocket, mushroom, snowball, burgeon, run riot. ANTONYMS decrease, dwindle.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

proliferate

proliferate verb the debate continued and articles in the media proliferated: increase rapidly, grow rapidly, multiply, become more numerous, mushroom, snowball, burgeon, escalate, rocket, run riot. ANTONYMS decrease, dwindle.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

proliferate

pro lif er ate /prəlɪ́fərèɪt /動詞 自動詞 他動詞 ｟かたく ｠1 (…が [を ])急増する [させる ].2 〘生物 〙(細胞の分裂などにより ) (…が [を ])増殖する [させる ].