Burgeon
verb
To grow or increase quickly.
The small business has burgeoned into a multinational corporation.

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- burgeon into
- burgeon out of
verb
To begin to grow or blossom.
The flowers burgeoned in the spring sun.

Often appears as...
- burgeon into
- burgeon out of
verb
To grow or increase quickly.
The small business has burgeoned into a multinational corporation.

Often appears as...
- burgeon into
- burgeon out of
verb
To begin to grow or blossom.
The flowers burgeoned in the spring sun.

Often appears as...
- burgeon into
- burgeon out of
Definition 1 of 2

Rapid Expansion
Use 'burgeon' to describe something expanding quickly, like businesses or cities, not slow growth.

Tech startups are burgeoning in the Silicon Valley area.
Metaphorical Use
'Burgeon' can be used metaphorically to talk about the rapid development of non-physical things, like ideas.

Discussions on environmental sustainability have burgeoned in recent years.
Positive Connotation
Implies a positive and prosperous change, often used in contexts of success or favorable outcomes.

After the reform, the local economy began to burgeon.
Rapid Expansion
Use 'burgeon' to describe something expanding quickly, like businesses or cities, not slow growth.

Tech startups are burgeoning in the Silicon Valley area.
Metaphorical Use
'Burgeon' can be used metaphorically to talk about the rapid development of non-physical things, like ideas.

Discussions on environmental sustainability have burgeoned in recent years.
Positive Connotation
Implies a positive and prosperous change, often used in contexts of success or favorable outcomes.

After the reform, the local economy began to burgeon.
Rapid Expansion
Use 'burgeon' to describe something expanding quickly, like businesses or cities, not slow growth.

Tech startups are burgeoning in the Silicon Valley area.
Metaphorical Use
'Burgeon' can be used metaphorically to talk about the rapid development of non-physical things, like ideas.

Discussions on environmental sustainability have burgeoned in recent years.
Positive Connotation
Implies a positive and prosperous change, often used in contexts of success or favorable outcomes.

After the reform, the local economy began to burgeon.
Video examples
A vehicle built in...
It's a burgeoning group, and without much demand from industry, most of these suppliers have no impetus to grow. We've worked hard with a few of them to develop the capacity to consistently manufacture components at the quality levels we need, like this supplier in Nairobi, who are helping to reduce the production cost of metal brackets
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Investigating Rock...
been researching this area for years and he's convinced that some Atlantan refugees fled inland and built shrines to memorialize the lost city deciphering the shrine would help giorgos prove his theory no sir a real mental assent a burgeoning comapre barkos picomolar Oh
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Why did Phillis Wheatley...
received a poem from one of colonial America’s most famous writers. Its verses praised the burgeoning revolution, invoking the goddess of their new nation to aid the general’s righteous cause. But this ode to liberty wasn’t written by some aloof, aristocratic admirer.
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Defining cyberwarfare...i...
and there are only two ways to make progress on these peace or new laws. So, what hypothetical but plausible scenarios can you imagine falling under the burgeoning definition of cyberwarfare, and how might you design an international legal framework
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The hidden life of Rosa...
to help support his burgeoning civil rights campaigns. Ever vigilant in the fight against racial inequality, Parks remained active for the next 40 years. She wrote several books, traveled across the country giving talks to support other activists,
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How urban agriculture is...
to help small neighborhood burgeoning food entrepreneurs start and scale healthy food businesses. FoodLab provides these entrepreneurs incubation, hands-on education, workshops, technical assistance, access to industry experts
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Vampire Bats Biting...
thrive near areas devoted to ranching yet despite the burgeoning bat population it's rare for people living in these agricultural areas to become infected with rabies rabies is a frightening and deadly disease a classic
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Girls helping girls PIPE...
but who simply didn't know how and like a viral message our mission spread and spread and spread until it became a global movement unrestrained by a single director but burgeoning with the mind of its own today
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Mike O'Sullivan: The end...
how to build education and health care systems for burgeoning populations, and how to make their voice heard on the world stage. So as globalization ends and chaos seems to reign,
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Vampire Bats Biting...
colonies thrive near areas devoted to ranching yet despite the burgeoning bat population it's rare for people living in these agricultural areas to become infected with rabies
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A vehicle built in...
It's a burgeoning group, and without much demand from industry, most of these suppliers have no impetus to grow. We've worked hard with a few of them to develop the capacity to consistently manufacture components at the quality levels we need, like this supplier in Nairobi, who are helping to reduce the production cost of metal brackets
Video examples
Investigating Rock...
been researching this area for years and he's convinced that some Atlantan refugees fled inland and built shrines to memorialize the lost city deciphering the shrine would help giorgos prove his theory no sir a real mental assent a burgeoning comapre barkos picomolar Oh
Video examples
Why did Phillis Wheatley...
received a poem from one of colonial America’s most famous writers. Its verses praised the burgeoning revolution, invoking the goddess of their new nation to aid the general’s righteous cause. But this ode to liberty wasn’t written by some aloof, aristocratic admirer.
Video examples
Defining cyberwarfare...i...
and there are only two ways to make progress on these peace or new laws. So, what hypothetical but plausible scenarios can you imagine falling under the burgeoning definition of cyberwarfare, and how might you design an international legal framework
Video examples
The hidden life of Rosa...
to help support his burgeoning civil rights campaigns. Ever vigilant in the fight against racial inequality, Parks remained active for the next 40 years. She wrote several books, traveled across the country giving talks to support other activists,
Video examples
How urban agriculture is...
to help small neighborhood burgeoning food entrepreneurs start and scale healthy food businesses. FoodLab provides these entrepreneurs incubation, hands-on education, workshops, technical assistance, access to industry experts
Video examples
Vampire Bats Biting...
thrive near areas devoted to ranching yet despite the burgeoning bat population it's rare for people living in these agricultural areas to become infected with rabies rabies is a frightening and deadly disease a classic
Video examples
Girls helping girls PIPE...
but who simply didn't know how and like a viral message our mission spread and spread and spread until it became a global movement unrestrained by a single director but burgeoning with the mind of its own today
Video examples
Mike O'Sullivan: The end...
how to build education and health care systems for burgeoning populations, and how to make their voice heard on the world stage. So as globalization ends and chaos seems to reign,
Video examples
Vampire Bats Biting...
colonies thrive near areas devoted to ranching yet despite the burgeoning bat population it's rare for people living in these agricultural areas to become infected with rabies
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Geeta Phogat
American Wrestler
The problem of burgeoning population can be addressed if we begin with women itself. And, we need to educate them and spread awareness about birth control and family planning through TV channels and newspapers.

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Piet Mondrian
Dutch Artist
We must look not to the negative (the misery, the bestial in life), although we undergo it and sympathize with it, but rather to the burgeoning life around us, which is strengthened by the negative.

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Justin Simien
American Director
It occurred to me that by naming the film itself 'Dear White People,' I could tap into the burgeoning meme culture as well as make a meta-commentary about the controversies within the film.

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Suzanne Fields
American Journalist
German businessmen are overwhelmed by the high cost of doing business. Inflexible rules, enforced by a burgeoning bureaucracy, discourage entrepreneurship.

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Joseph Wood Krutch
American Environmentalist
Only those within whose own consciousness the sun rise and set, the leaves burgeon and wither, can be said to be aware of what living is.

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Paul G. Tremblay
American Author
What keeps me up at night is our nation's continued and burgeoning lack of rationality in response to mass shootings.

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Ellis Peters
British Author
Truth, like the burgeoning of a bulb under the soil, however deeply sown, will make its way to the light.

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Clive Lewis
Tackling climate change can make us world leaders in burgeoning markets for green technology.

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Tim Daly
American Actor
I have this burgeoning reputation for playing a scumbag.

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Harry Lloyd
English Actor
There's a burgeoning film scene in Romania.

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Geeta Phogat
American Wrestler
The problem of burgeoning population can be addressed if we begin with women itself. And, we need to educate them and spread awareness about birth control and family planning through TV channels and newspapers.

Quote examples
Piet Mondrian
Dutch Artist
We must look not to the negative (the misery, the bestial in life), although we undergo it and sympathize with it, but rather to the burgeoning life around us, which is strengthened by the negative.

Quote examples
Justin Simien
American Director
It occurred to me that by naming the film itself 'Dear White People,' I could tap into the burgeoning meme culture as well as make a meta-commentary about the controversies within the film.

Quote examples
Suzanne Fields
American Journalist
German businessmen are overwhelmed by the high cost of doing business. Inflexible rules, enforced by a burgeoning bureaucracy, discourage entrepreneurship.

Quote examples
Joseph Wood Krutch
American Environmentalist
Only those within whose own consciousness the sun rise and set, the leaves burgeon and wither, can be said to be aware of what living is.

Quote examples
Paul G. Tremblay
American Author
What keeps me up at night is our nation's continued and burgeoning lack of rationality in response to mass shootings.

Quote examples
Ellis Peters
British Author
Truth, like the burgeoning of a bulb under the soil, however deeply sown, will make its way to the light.

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Clive Lewis
Tackling climate change can make us world leaders in burgeoning markets for green technology.

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Tim Daly
American Actor
I have this burgeoning reputation for playing a scumbag.

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Harry Lloyd
English Actor
There's a burgeoning film scene in Romania.

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