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inflation > 4 senses
NOUN1inflation, rising pricesA general and progressive increase in prices
2inflation(cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred shortly after the big bang
3inflation, ostentation, ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, splashinessLack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
4inflationThe act of filling something with air
inflation > pronunciation
Soundsihnfley'shahn
RhymesAachen, Aaron, abandon, and 2504 more rhymes in ahn at the HyperDic website...
inflation > noun 1, process
MeaningA general and progressive increase in prices.
Examples"in inflation everything gets more valuable except money"
Synonymsrising prices
Narrowercost-pull inflation; demand-pull inflation; inflationary spiral; reflation; stagflation
Broadereconomic process
Contrarydeflation; disinflation
Verbsinflate; inflate
inflation > noun 2, event
Meaning(cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred shortly after the big bang.
Categorycosmology, cosmogony, cosmogeny
Broaderexplosion, detonation, blowup
inflation > noun 3, attribute
MeaningLack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity.
Synonymsostentation, ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, splashiness
Broaderinelegance
inflation > noun 4, act
MeaningThe act of filling something with air.
Broaderexpansion, enlargement
Contrarydeflation
Verbsinflate; inflate

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