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1. (n.) inflation
a steady rise in the level of prices related to an increased volume of money and credit and resulting in a loss of value of currency
2. inflation
the act of inflating.
3. inflation
the state of being inflated.
Etymology: (1300–50; ME < L)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) inflation, rising prices
a general and progressive increase in prices
"in inflation everything gets more valuable except money"
2. (noun) inflation
(cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred shortly after the big bang
3. (noun) ostentation, ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, puffiness, splashiness, inflation
lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
4. (noun) inflation
the act of filling something with air
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1. (noun) inflation
the rate at which prices rise or the economic process that causes this
Inflation is rising rapidly.; the rate of inflation
2. inflation
the process of blowing up with air
Use the foot pump for easy inflation.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) inflation
the act or process of inflating, or the state of being inflated, as with air or gas; distention; expansion; enlargement
2. (noun) inflation
the state of being puffed up, as with pride; conceit; vanity
3. (noun) inflation
undue expansion or increase, from overissue; -- said of currency
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Sense: the process of inflating or being inflated.
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 Afrikaans: opgeblasenheid |
 Arabic: نَفْخ، إنْتِفاخ |
 Bulgarian: надуване |
 Brazilian: inflação |
 Czech: nafouknutí |
 German: die Aufgeblasenheit |
 Danish: oppustning |
 Greek: φούσκωμα |
 Spanish: inflado |
 Estonian: täispuhumine |
 Farsi: باد کردن |
 Finnish: täyttö |
 French: gonflement |
 Hebrew: נִיפוּחַ |
 Hindi: फुलाव |
 Croatian: napuhivanje |
 Hungarian: felfújás |
 Indonesian: peniupan |
 Icelandic: uppblástur |
 Italian: gonfiamento, gonfiatura |
 Japanese: 膨張 |
 Korean: 팽창 |
 Lithuanian: pripūtimas, išpūtimas |
 Latvian: piepūšana |
 Malay: peniupan |
 Dutch: het opblazen, opgeblazenh |
 Norwegian: oppblåsing, oppumping |
 Polish: nadmuchiwanie |
 Persian: باد کردن |
 Pashto: باد کول |
 Portuguese: inflação |
 Romanian: umflare |
 Russian: надувание |
 Slovak: nafúknutie |
 Slovenian: napihovanje |
 Serbian: inflacija |
 Swedish: uppblåsning, pumpning |
 Thai: การขยายตัว |
 Turkish: şişme, şişirilme |
 Taiwanese: 充氣 |
 Ukrainian: надування; здутість |
 Urdu: پھولنے کی کیفیت، نفخ |
 Vietnamese: sự bơm phồng |
 Chinese: 充气 |
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