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- [bur-juh n]
- /ˈbɜr dʒən/
- /ˈbɜː.dʒən.ɪŋ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [bur-juh n]
- /ˈbɜr dʒən/
Definitions of burgeoning word
- adjective burgeoning rapidly developing or growing; flourishing 3
- verb without object burgeoning to grow or develop quickly; flourish: The town burgeoned into a city. He burgeoned into a fine actor. 1
- verb without object burgeoning to begin to grow, as a bud; put forth buds, shoots, etc., as a plant (often followed by out, forth). 1
- verb with object burgeoning to put forth, as buds. 1
- noun burgeoning a bud; sprout. 1
- adjective burgeoning tree: in bud 1
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Origin of burgeoning
First appearance:
before 1275 One of the 13% oldest English words
1275-1325; (noun) Middle English burjon, burion shoot, bud < Anglo-French burjun, burg(e)on; Old French burjon < Vulgar Latin *burriōne(m), accusative of *burriō, derivative of Late Latin burra wool, fluff (cf. bourrée, bureau), presumably from the down covering certain buds; (v.) Middle English burg(e)onen, borgen < Anglo-French, Old French, derivative of the noun
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Parts of speech for Burgeoning
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
burgeoning popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 69% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
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adj burgeoning
- bosky — containing or consisting of bushes or thickets
- budding — If you describe someone as, for example, a budding businessman or a budding artist, you mean that they are starting to succeed or become interested in business or art.
- crescive — increasing; growing
- flourishing — growing vigorously; thriving; prosperous: a flourishing little business.
- foliate — covered with or having leaves.
noun burgeoning
- increase — to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to: to increase taxes.
- intensification — to make intense or more intense.
- maximization — to increase to the greatest possible amount or degree: to look for ways of maximizing profit.
- maximisation — Alternative spelling of maximization.
- optimization — The design and operation of a system or process to make it as good as possible in some defined sense.
adjective burgeoning
- expanding — Present participle of expand.
- girllike — Resembling a girl.
- mushrooming — any of various fleshy fungi including the toadstools, puffballs, coral fungi, morels, etc.
- newish — rather new.
- young — being in the first or early stage of life or growth; youthful; not old: a young woman.
Antonyms for burgeoning
adjective burgeoning
- dwindling — to become smaller and smaller; shrink; waste away: His vast fortune has dwindled away.
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