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- Dictionaryburgeon/ˈbəːdʒ(ə)n/
verb
- 1. begin to grow or increase rapidly; flourish: "the city's suburbs have burgeoned, sprawling out from the centre"
noun
- 1. a bud or young shoot. archaic, literary
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(Definition of burgeon from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) burgeon | Business English. verb [ I ] uk / ˈbɜːdʒ ə n / us. Add to word list. to develop or grow quickly: Product placement has burgeoned to the extent that corporate logos are now found in most mainstream films.
The meaning of BURGEON is to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout. How to use burgeon in a sentence. Did you know?
(Definition of burgeon from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) burgeon | Business English. verb [ I ] uk / ˈbɜːdʒ ə n / us. Add to word list. to develop or grow quickly: Product placement has burgeoned to the extent that corporate logos are now found in most mainstream films.
Burgeon definition: to grow or develop quickly; flourish. See examples of BURGEON used in a sentence.
Use the verb burgeon to describe something that is growing, expanding, and flourishing. If you have a green thumb, in the spring your flower gardens may burgeon. If you don't have a green thumb, your collection of plastic plants may burgeon.
a bud; sprout. Also: bourgeon SYNONYMS 1. bloom, blossom, mushroom, expand. USAGE The two senses of burgeon, “to bud” ( The maples are burgeoning) and “to grow or flourish” ( The suburbs around the city have been burgeoning under the impact of commercial growth ), date from the 14th century.
Definition of burgeon verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. a. To put forth new buds, leaves, or greenery; sprout. b. To begin to grow or blossom. 2. To grow or develop rapidly; expand or proliferate. [Middle English burgeonen, from Old French borjoner, from burjon, a bud, from Vulgar Latin *burriō, burriōn-, from Late Latin burra, a shaggy garment .]
Noun. Filter. verb. To put forth buds, shoots, etc.; sprout. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To begin to grow or blossom. American Heritage. To grow or develop rapidly; expand; proliferate; flourish. The burgeoning suburbs. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. (intransitive) To swell to the point of bursting. Wiktionary.
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