Meaning of "burgeon" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BURGEON

From Old French burjon, perhaps ultimately from Late Latin burra shaggy cloth; from the downiness of certain buds.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF BURGEON

burgeon  [ˈbɜːdʒən]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BURGEON

Burgeon is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb burgeon in English.

WHAT DOES BURGEON MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Bud

Bud of Ficus carica Flower buds have not yet bloomed into a full-size flower Buds in the leaf axils of Populus tremula In botany, a bud is an undeveloped or embryonic shoot and normally occurs in the axil of a leaf or at the tip of the stem. Once formed, a bud may remain for some time in a dormant condition, or it may form a shoot immediately. Buds may be specialized to develop flowers or short shoots, or may have the potential for general shoot development. The term bud is also used in zoology, where it refers to an outgrowth from the body which can develop into a new individual.

Definition of burgeon in the English dictionary

The first definition of burgeon in the dictionary is often foll by forth or out to sprout. Other definition of burgeon is to develop or grow rapidly; flourish. Burgeon is also a bud of a plant.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO BURGEON

PRESENT

Present

I burgeon

you burgeon

he/she/it burgeons

we burgeon

you burgeon

they burgeon

Present continuous

I am burgeoning

you are burgeoning

he/she/it is burgeoning

we are burgeoning

you are burgeoning

they are burgeoning

Present perfect

I have burgeoned

you have burgeoned

he/she/it has burgeoned

we have burgeoned

you have burgeoned

they have burgeoned

Present perfect continuous

I have been burgeoning

you have been burgeoning

he/she/it has been burgeoning

we have been burgeoning

you have been burgeoning

they have been burgeoning

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I burgeoned

you burgeoned

he/she/it burgeoned

we burgeoned

you burgeoned

they burgeoned

Past continuous

I was burgeoning

you were burgeoning

he/she/it was burgeoning

we were burgeoning

you were burgeoning

they were burgeoning

Past perfect

I had burgeoned

you had burgeoned

he/she/it had burgeoned

we had burgeoned

you had burgeoned

they had burgeoned

Past perfect continuous

I had been burgeoning

you had been burgeoning

he/she/it had been burgeoning

we had been burgeoning

you had been burgeoning

they had been burgeoning

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will burgeon

you will burgeon

he/she/it will burgeon

we will burgeon

you will burgeon

they will burgeon

Future continuous

I will be burgeoning

you will be burgeoning

he/she/it will be burgeoning

we will be burgeoning

you will be burgeoning

they will be burgeoning

Future perfect

I will have burgeoned

you will have burgeoned

he/she/it will have burgeoned

we will have burgeoned

you will have burgeoned

they will have burgeoned

Future perfect continuous

I will have been burgeoning

you will have been burgeoning

he/she/it will have been burgeoning

we will have been burgeoning

you will have been burgeoning

they will have been burgeoning

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would burgeon

you would burgeon

he/she/it would burgeon

we would burgeon

you would burgeon

they would burgeon

Conditional continuous

I would be burgeoning

you would be burgeoning

he/she/it would be burgeoning

we would be burgeoning

you would be burgeoning

they would be burgeoning

Conditional perfect

I would have burgeon

you would have burgeon

he/she/it would have burgeon

we would have burgeon

you would have burgeon

they would have burgeon

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been burgeoning

you would have been burgeoning

he/she/it would have been burgeoning

we would have been burgeoning

you would have been burgeoning

they would have been burgeoning

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you burgeon
we let´s burgeon
you burgeon

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to burgeon

Past participle

burgeoned

Present Participle

burgeoning

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «BURGEON»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «burgeon» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of burgeon

bloom · blossom · bud · develop · flourish · flower · grow · increase · mature · progress · prosper · thrive

TRANSLATION OF BURGEON

Find out the translation of burgeon to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of burgeon from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «burgeon» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 迅速生长
• Translator English - Spanish: florecer
• English: burgeon
• Translator English - Hindi: burgeon
• Translator English - Arabic: ازدهر
• Translator English - Russian: распускаться
• Translator English - Portuguese: florescer
• Translator English - Bengali: মুকুল
• Translator English - French: pousser comme des champignons
• Translator English - Malay: Burgeon
• Translator English - German: hervorsprießen
• Translator English - Japanese: 急に発展する
• Translator English - Korean: > 자라다
• Translator English - Javanese: Burgeon
• Translator English - Vietnamese: đọt non
• Translator English - Tamil: வளரத்
• Translator English - Marathi: वाढणे
• Translator English - Turkish: tomurcuk
• Translator English - Italian: svilupparsi rapidamente
• Translator English - Polish: pączek
• Translator English - Ukrainian: розпускатися
• Translator English - Romanian: mugur
• Translator English - Greek: μπουμπούνας
• Translator English - Afrikaans: ontluikende
• Translator English - Swedish: burgeon
• Translator English - Norwegian: burgeon

QUOTES WITH «BURGEON»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word burgeon.

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Joseph Wood Krutch

Only those within whose own consciousness the sun rise and set, the leaves burgeon and wither, can be said to be aware of what living is.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BURGEON»

Discover the use of burgeon in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to burgeon and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

The story of the Thirty-third NYS vols

W. General Hospital. Portsmouth Grove, R. I., on Burgeon's oertlnoato of disability , by nrdsr of Oapt. May, Pint Artillery, Commanding Poat, Oook, David A., Sergeant, enlisted May 22 '61, at Klmlrai discharged at Maw Convalescent Camp , Va., ...

North-Eastern Section of the Geological Society of America: ...

Burgeon Sandstone and Loyalhanna Formation (at Milepost 245). The spectacularly trough cross-bedded, calcareous sandstone of the Loyalhanna Formation here abruptly overlies the thick-bedded, coarse-grained, trough and planar ...

David C. Roy, 1987

The Azurean Trilogy: Book 1 and 2 (Essentia and Burgeon)

What will happen in this inevitable battle between good and evil? Find out in this exciting new Spiritual/Science-Fiction Trilogy by Fatimah Ashaela Moore Ibrahim

Fatimah Ashaela Moore Ibrahim, 2013

Romantic Religion

The next morning something happens to Burgeon as he is lying in bed. Something like a voice begins to speak within him, though he does not actually hear the voice. “And yet a train of thought began presenting itself to him in the same mode ...

R. J. Reilly

SAT and ACT VOCABULARY BUILDING

BURGEON 3. President Eisenhower hadan aversion to ,and the only timehis relatives entered the White House is when ... BURGEON 7. Because of hercruel treatment of her enemies, British queen Mary Tudor earned the ugly “Bloody Mary.

Robert L. Crist, 2008

Image and Imagination

That is what shows that the author's separation of 'Bur- den' and 'Burgeon' is not pathological. It is genuine invention, the Idea which organizes and masters all the diverse experiences he is working on. Idea in this sense is not to be confused ...

C. S. Lewis, Walter Hooper, 2013

Owen Barfield: Romanticism Come of Age : a Biography

Appearances is to present his way of understanding the significance of the Incarnation for our time in the form of a dialogue between Burgeon (who represents Barfield himself) and that being of higher wisdom who 'is the voice of each one's ...

Simon Blaxland-de Lange, 2006

A Barfield Reader: Selections from the Writings of Owen Barfield

from Unancestral Voice Flume's Lecture In this, his most esoteric fiction, Barfield again presents the reader with the experiences of Burgeon, this time in communication with a spirit called the Meggid, a variation on the similarly named Maggid ...

Owen A. Barfield, G. B. Tennyson, 1999

The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles

Panaspis burgeoniWitte, 1933 Louis Burgeon (1884–1974) was an entomologist who was Director, Zoology Department, the Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren. He collected in the Belgian Congo (Zaire) (1917–1918) and collected ...

Bo Beolens, Michael Watkins, Michael Grayson, 2011

Dizionario delle lingue italiana ed inglese: Italiano ed inglese

Germane, adj. right, proper, true, not counterfeit, natural. Germe, s. m. a burgeon, a young bud, a shoot. Germinare, to burgeon, to come or shoot up, to spring out, to bud. Germinativo, adj. generative, serving to generation. Germinatóre, mase.

Giuseppe Marco Antonio Baretti, 1813

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BURGEON»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term burgeon is used in the context of the following news items.

Rob Edelman: Jackie Robinson, 1947 & 2015

It is one of the bellwether occurrences of what at mid-century was the soon-to-burgeon civil rights movement. Cinematically-speaking, the ... «WAMC, Jul 15»

[Review] 'Amigo Undead' Hits Most of the Horror-Comedy Notes, But …

... it does showcase the talent that Nagata, Park and company have, and will absolutely burgeon into something bigger for them in the future. «Bloody Disgusting, Jul 15»

Firework season comes to a close Keystone Fireworks stands close …

This year, May said the season was good and having Independence Day on a Saturday helped sales burgeon this year. "Saturday July 4 is a ... «Towanda Daily Review, Jul 15»

Heat-related deaths will double in urban India by 2080: IIM

The study warns the towns and smaller cities of today will burgeon into urban areas with million plus populations in the future as a ... «Economic Times, Jul 15»

Patricia Arquette: "It's weird that, in the supposedly civilised world …

It's a career that has continued to burgeon in a world that values youth over experience. Our talk turns to 37-year-old Maggie Gyllenhaal, also ... «Daily Life, Jul 15»

How to get a break from the six percent growth trap

... of protecting domestic import substituting industries is a classical approach by developing countries to let its infant industries burgeon. «The Daily Star, Jul 15»

Federal Budget impacts on Indigenous issues – new report

... to actions now and into the next several decades to improve their socio-economic status, future demands for services will burgeon. As Tom ... «Crikey, Jul 15»

City Insider: Boris Johnson waxes lyrical

“May your hedges ever burgeon.” Unlikely a Labour mayor would wax so lyrical — or pastoral. Daniel Yu: Cape fear. Daniel Yu, a private ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»

Coral Breeding Helps Survive Warming

... to heat strain get weeded out while those genes that are heat-resistant will burgeon and flourish thanks to the timely intervention by mankind. «I4U News, Jun 15»

Christie kicks off Prez bid on Tuesday

... represents that quintessential New Jersey suburb always threatening to burgeon into a Norman Rockwell painting. Classically, it's been that ... «PolitickerNJ, Jun 15»