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| Thread ID: 59806 | 2005-07-13 07:30:00 | More English language doubts... | Renmoo (66) | PC World Chat |
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| 371789 | 2005-07-13 07:30:00 | Greetings people, why is the word "proliferation" frequently used in terms of military and terrorism? I mean, I hardly encounter the word "proliferation" in other topics. Is there a better word that can substitute its role? At the moment, I can only think of the word "obtaining". Cheers :) |
Renmoo (66) | ||
| 371790 | 2005-07-13 07:44:00 | Obtaining? how did you arrive at that? Anyhow dictionary.reference.com 5 entries found for proliferation. To grow or multiply by rapidly producing new tissue, parts, cells, or offspring. To increase or spread at a rapid rate: fears that nuclear weapons might proliferate To cause to grow or increase rapidly. alternative words? thesaurus.reference.com Main Entry: extent Part of Speech: noun Definition: range Synonyms: admeasurement, ambit, amount, amplitude, area, bounds, breadth, bulk, capaciousness, compass, degree, dimensions, duration, elbowroom, expanse, expansion, extension, intensity, leeway, length, limit, magnitude, mass, matter, measure, neighborhood, orbit, order, play, proliferation, proportions, purview, quantity, radius, reach, scope, size, space, spaciousness, span, sphere, stretch, sweep, term, territory, time, tract, tune, vicinity, volume, wideness, width Source: Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.1.1) Copyright © 2005 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC. All rights reserved. Main Entry: growth Part of Speech: noun 1 Definition: development Synonyms: advance, advancement, aggrandizement, augmentation, beefing up, boost, buildup, crop, cultivation, enlargement, evolution, evolvement, expansion, extension, fleshing out, flowering, gain, germination, growing, heightening, hike, improvement, increase, maturation, maturing, multiplication, produce, production, progress, proliferation, prosperity, rise, sprouting, stretching, success, surge, swell, thickening, unfolding, up, upping, vegetation, widening Antonyms: decrease, shrinking Source: Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.1.1) Copyright © 2005 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC. All rights reserved. Main Entry: reproduction Part of Speech: noun Definition: duplication Synonyms: breeding, carbon, carbon copy, clone, copy, ditto, dupe, facsimile, fake, flimsy, generation, imitation, increase, look-alike, mimeo, mirror image, multiplication, offprint, photograph, photostat, pic, picture, portrayal, print, procreation, proliferation, propagation, re-enactment, recreation, reduplication, renewal, replica, replication, reprinting, repro, revival, stat, transcription, twin, X-ray, xerox Source: Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.1.1) Copyright © 2005 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC. All rights reserved. Main Entry: spread Part of Speech: noun 1 Definition: expansion Synonyms: advance, advancement, compass, development, diffusion, dispersion, dissemination, enlargement, escalation, extension, extent, increase, period, profusion, proliferation, radiation, ramification, range, reach, scope, span, spreading, stretch, suffusion, sweep, term, transfusion, transmission Source: Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.1.1) Copyright © 2005 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC. All rights reserved. Main Entry: stretch Part of Speech: noun 1 Definition: expanse Synonyms: amplitude, area, branch, breadth, bridge, compass, dimension, distance, expansion, extension, extent, gamut, length, orbit, proliferation, purview, radius, range, reach, region, scope, space, span, spread, sweep, tract, wing |
Metla (12) | ||
| 371791 | 2005-07-13 08:44:00 | Obtaining? how did you arrive at that? Well, nuclear weapon "obtaining" is almost the same as nuclear weapon "proliferation", right? ;) Cheers :) |
Renmoo (66) | ||
| 371792 | 2005-07-13 09:29:00 | Well, nuclear weapon "obtaining" is almost the same as nuclear weapon "proliferation", right? ;) Cheers :) No. Obtaining is getting something. Proliferating is usually something spreading. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 371793 | 2005-07-13 11:11:00 | Keep asking questions James, you are making MY brain work as well . PJ | Poppa John (284) | ||
| 371794 | 2005-07-13 11:25:00 | Some of the questions that jameskan asks makes me think he's just taking the P | Greg (193) | ||
| 371795 | 2005-07-13 13:48:00 | Some of the questions that jameskan asks makes me think he's just taking the P What does "p" means? :waughh: |
Renmoo (66) | ||
| 371796 | 2005-07-13 13:50:00 | No. Obtaining is getting something. Proliferating is usually something spreading. Then what is the meaning of "nuclear weapon 'spreading'"? :stare: |
Renmoo (66) | ||
| 371797 | 2005-07-14 02:59:00 | Then what is the meaning of "nuclear weapon 'spreading'"? :stare: Just like the flu spreading James. First there is one case, then two, then four, then eight etc etc. Plants proliferate, indeed anything which is copied or grows. Proliferation is the correct word to describe the spread of nuclear weapons technology amongst nations. Or any spread. This forum for example could be said to proliferate Linux by encouraging members to try it. Have another read of Metlas post. :thumbs: |
Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 371798 | 2005-07-14 03:06:00 | What does "p" means? :waughh: I'm wondering if Greg is right...................... Anyhow, " p" is shorthand for mammalian urea acid expulsion from the body. |
Winston001 (3612) | ||
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