burgeon

[US]/ˈbɜːdʒən/
[UK]/ˈbɜːrdʒən/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. tender shoot; young branch
vi. to sprout; to develop rapidly
vt. to cause to sprout; to cause to develop rapidly
Word Forms
Present Participleburgeoning
Past Tenseburgeoned
Past Participleburgeoned
Pluralburgeons
Third Person Singularburgeons

Example Sentences

manufacturers are keen to cash in on the burgeoning demand.

the city's inability to cope with the pathology of a burgeoning underclass.

Willows have burgeoned forth.

Our company’s business is burgeoning now.

The company is expected to burgeon in the next few years.

Her interest in photography began to burgeon after taking a class.

With the new marketing strategy, sales started to burgeon rapidly.

The city's population continues to burgeon due to immigration.

The startup is beginning to burgeon in the competitive tech industry.

Her talent for painting started to burgeon when she was a teenager.

The garden began to burgeon with colorful flowers in the spring.

As the economy improves, job opportunities for young professionals burgeon.

New restaurants are beginning to burgeon in the downtown area.

The music festival is expected to burgeon into a major event next year.

Real-world Examples

But the traditional sugar-making technique gradually lost popularity as the modern sugar-making industry burgeoned.

Source: Intermediate and advanced English short essay.

Its burgeoning intelligence is a little unsettling.

Source: Person of Interest Season 5

In emerging economies it is the high-status tipple for a burgeoning middle class.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

As mischief has become easier, the hacker crowd has burgeoned and mutated.

Source: The Economist - International

So De Beers turned to another burgeoning industry for help.

Source: Bloomberg Businessweek

Actually, the mobile internet has been a burgeoning trend in the past decade.

Source: Intermediate English short passage

But with traditional shipbuilding in decline, Portsmouth hopes its burgeoning attractions can take up the slack.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

South Africa is a major destination for international brands and also has its own burgeoning industries.

Source: VOA Standard June 2013 Collection

By 1700 trade had replaced farming as the mainstay of a burgeoning market economy.

Source: The Economist - Arts

The different ways that people respond to humans and to algorithms is a burgeoning area of research.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

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