Meaning

3 senses

  1. (intransitive)To grow or expand.

    Gradually, the town burgeoned into a thriving city.

    sprießen

    разрастатьсяrazrastatʹsja

    розростатисяrozrostatysja

    grow and flourish

  2. (intransitive)To swell to the point of bursting.

    наливатьсяnalivatʹsja

  3. (archaic, intransitive)Of plants, to bloom, bud.

    sprießen

    распускатьсяraspuskatʹsja

    розпускатисяrozpuskatysja, розцвітатиrozcvitaty

Examples

3 sentences

  1. Algeria needs raw materials for its burgeoning industry.

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  2. The empire expanded eastward, in search of resources for its burgeoning textile industry.

    deDas Reich dehnte sich auf der Suche nach Ressourcen für die boomende Textilindustrie nach Osten naus.

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  3. The number of bars quickly burgeoned as men and money started to flow into the town.

    ruКоличество баров резко увеличилось после притока в город людей и денег.

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Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
to grow or expand:
of plants, to bloom, bud:
Русский
By meaning 3
to grow or expand:
to swell to the point of bursting:
of plants, to bloom, bud:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to grow or expand:

Origin

From Middle English burjounen, from Old French borjoner, bourjoner, burjuner.

From Middle English burjounen, from Old French borjoner, bourjoner, burjuner.

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Forms

burgeons, burgeoning, burgeoned, burgeoned
Base formburgeon · to burgeon
3rd person singularburgeons
Present participleburgeoning
Past simpleburgeoned
Past participleburgeoned

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyburgeon
he, she, itburgeons

Past simpleLesson

all personsburgeoned

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave burgeoned
he, she, ithas burgeoned

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill burgeon

Synonyms

6 synonyms
blossomB2expandB1growA1sproutC1budB2greenA1

Word family

2 related words
DerivedburgeoningC2reburgeon

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
bureauB1bureaucracyB2bureaucratbureaucraticC1burgerA1burglarB1burglarize
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