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inflation

noun
/ɪnˈfleɪ.ʃən/US/ɪnˈfleɪ.ʃn̩/UK

Etymology

From Middle English, borrowed from Old French inflation (“swelling”), from Latin īnflātiō (“expansion", "blowing up”), from īnflātus, the perfect passive participle of īnflō (“blow into, expand”), from in (“into”) + flō (“blow”). By surface analysis, inflate + -ion.

  1. derived from īnflātiō
  2. derived from inflation

Definitions

  1. An act, instance of, or state of expansion or increase in size, especially by injection…

    An act, instance of, or state of expansion or increase in size, especially by injection of a gas or liquid.

    • The inflation of the balloon took five hours.

  2. An increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money,…

    An increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money, adjusted for by way of higher nominal values.

    • Due to inflation, the monthly gym fee is rising by 10% from January.

  3. Undue expansion or increase, as of academic grades.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. An extremely rapid expansion of the universe, theorized to have occurred very shortly…

      An extremely rapid expansion of the universe, theorized to have occurred very shortly after the Big Bang.

    2. The inflationary epoch of the Universe, where the size of the space of universe expanded…

      The inflationary epoch of the Universe, where the size of the space of universe expanded at speeds beyond the speed of light. One of the ages of the Universe. The cosmic era when most formulations of Big Bang theory start their timelines.

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Derived

agflation, anti-inflation, Bidenflation, bottleneck inflation, cheapflation, core inflation, cost-push inflation, counter-inflation, credential inflation, cumflation, demand-pull inflation, disinflation, eggflation, excuseflation, foodflation, friendflation, grade inflation, greedflation, greenflation, halalflation, headline inflation, hoeflation, hyperinflation, inflatino, Inflation, inflationary, inflationism, inflationist, inflationless, inflationproof, inflaton, Justinflation, lifestyle inflation, mudflation, overinflation, preinflation, reinflation, sagflation, shelflation, shitflation · +16 more

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for inflation. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA