MEANING
To develop or multiply vigorously.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- burgeoning interest
- burgeon into a movement
On the page
Interest burgeoned after the first exhibition.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- burgeon
- Past tense
- burgeoned
- Past participle
- burgeoned
- Present participle
- burgeoning
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- burgeon
- Present continuous
- am/is/are burgeoning
- Present perfect
- have/has burgeoned
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been burgeoning
- Past
- burgeoned
- Past continuous
- was/were burgeoning
- Past perfect
- had burgeoned
- Past perfect continuous
- had been burgeoning
- Future
- will burgeon
- Future continuous
- will be burgeoning
- Future perfect
- will have burgeoned
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been burgeoning
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: burgeon; burgeons; burgeoned; burgeoned; burgeoning Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description, character, dialogue. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: burgeons.
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