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inflation
noun
the act of filling something with air
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Word Facts
- Word length
- 9
- Starts with
- I
- Ends with
- N
- Contains
- NFLATIO
- Scrabble score
- 12
- Database source
- OEWN 2025 Core
How it sounds
Pronunciation
ɪnˈfleɪʃən
Meaning
Definitions
noun
the act of filling something with air
noun
lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
noun
(cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred shortly after the big bang
noun
a general and progressive increase in prices
“in inflation everything gets more valuable except money”
In context
Example Sentences
in inflation everything gets more valuable except money
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