how to pronounce proliferate

/pɹəˈlɪf.əɹ.ɛɪt/

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proliferate is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of proliferate in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… saying do they start to proliferate and …”

meanings of proliferate

verb:

To increase in number or spread rapidly; to multiply.

proliferate frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word proliferate occurs in english on average 1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics proliferate can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that proliferate can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) education, science, and technology;

words with pronunciation similar to proliferate

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