sporulate

spor·u·late

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [spawr-yuh-leyt, spor-]
- /ˈspɔr yəˌleɪt, ˈspɒr-/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [spawr-yuh-leyt, spor-]
- /ˈspɔr yəˌleɪt, ˈspɒr-/

Definitions of sporulate word

verb without object sporulate to produce spores. 1
verb sporulate to produce spores, esp by multiple fission 0
intransitive verb sporulate to undergo sporulation 0

See all 3 definitions of sporulate

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Origin of sporulate

First appearance:

before 1880

One of the 23% newest English words

First recorded in 1880-85; sporule + -ate1

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Parts of speech for Sporulate

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Sporulate

sporulate popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 48% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

sporulate usage trend in Literature

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