Meaning & Definition of Inflation in English
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Inflation
/ɪnfleʃən/
noun
1. A general and progressive increase in prices
- "In inflation everything gets more valuable except money"
synonym:
- inflation,
- rising prices
2. (cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred shortly after the big bang
synonym:
- inflation
3. Lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
synonym:
- ostentation,
- ostentatiousness,
- pomposity,
- pompousness,
- pretentiousness,
- puffiness,
- splashiness,
- inflation
4. The act of filling something with air
synonym:
- inflation
Examples of using
His salary can't keep pace with inflation.
The shrinking of the domestic market has been blamed on inflation.
Economic conditions point to further inflation.