Vocabulary
Proliferate
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
increase rapidly in number; multiply.
Urdu meaning
تعداد میں رکھنا، بڑھنا، پھولنا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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Credential inflation takes hold: degrees proliferate while their value erodes.
Dawn Editorials —
Why the poor reject education
— 2026-04-01
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Policies that allowed madressahs and religious groups ranging from moderate to violent to proliferate failed both state and society.
Dawn Editorials —
Lessons from the Taliban
— 2026-03-01
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By keeping the facts of Mr Khan`s ailment, treatment and general health incredibly difficult to ascertain independently, the government itself created the space for all manner of speculation to proliferate.
Dawn Editorials —
Guided truths
— 2026-02-20
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The internet`s rapid information-sharing capabilities have revolutionised communication but also enabled falsehoods to proliferate and destabilise states.
Dawn Editorials —
Fake is truth
— 2025-01-04
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A revolution is sweeping the world, which is transforming how electricity is produced and consumed, and Pakistan is marching rapidly with it as solar panels proliferate at an impressive speed.
Dawn Editorials —
Trying too hard
— 2025-01-02
Synonyms
increase rapidly, grow rapidly, multiply, become more numerous
Antonyms
decrease, dwindle
Curator example
“the science fiction magazines which proliferated in the 1920s”
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