burgeon

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US /ˈbɝː.d͡ʒən/ UK /ˈbɜː.d͡ʒən/ See IPA manual

Freq #154455

Meanings

1

verb
to grow and flourish

The administration was burgeoning last year, but this year administration seems to have plateaued.
2

verb
To grow or expand.

Gradually, the town burgeoned into a thriving city.

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Synonyms

2 verb · to grow or expand. blossom expand grow sprout

Word family

Derived forms burgeoningreburgeon

Etymology

From Middle English burjon, burjoun (“shoot, bud”), from Anglo-Norman burjun, burgeon, burgon (compare Old French burjon (“a bud”)), from Old Frankish *burjō (“sprout, offshoot, descendant”), from Proto-Germanic *burjô (“sprout, descendant, offshoot”), from Proto-Germanic *burjaną (“to raise up”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-. Compare Old High German burjan, burien, burren (“to push up, raise”), Old English byrian (“to come up, occur”), Old English byre (“child, son, descendant”), Albanian buron (“sprout, spring, gush out”). More at bear. Alternate etymology derives Old French burjon (“bud”...

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# burgeon

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈbɝː.d͡ʒən/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈbɜː.d͡ʒən/
**Frequency rank:** 154455

## Meanings
1. to grow and flourish
2. To grow or expand.

## Examples
- The administration was burgeoning last year, but this year administration seems to have plateaued.
- Gradually, the town burgeoned into a thriving city.

## Synonyms
- blossom
- expand
- grow
- sprout

## Derived Forms
- burgeoning
- reburgeon

## Etymology
From Middle English burjon, burjoun (“shoot, bud”), from Anglo-Norman burjun, burgeon, burgon (compare Old French burjon (“a bud”)), from Old Frankish *burjō (“sprout, offshoot, descendant”), from Proto-Germanic *burjô (“sprout, descendant, offshoot”), from Proto-Germanic *burjaną (“to raise up”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-. Compare Old High German burjan, burien, burren (“to push up, raise”), Old English byrian (“to come up, occur”), Old English byre (“child, son, descendant”), Albanian buron (“sprout, spring, gush out”). More at bear. Alternate etymology derives Old French burjon (“bud”...

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