boomboom2 ●○○ verb 
Business was booming, and money wasn’t a problem. Tourism on the island has boomed.2 (also boom out) [transitive] to say something in a loud deep voice: ‘Ladies and gentlemen,’ his voice boomed out.3 (also boom out) [intransitive] to make a loud deep sound: Guns boomed in the distance.—booming adjective: a booming economy
WORD ORIGINboom2
Origin:
1400-1500 From the soundVERB TABLE
boom
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | boom |
| he, she, it | booms | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | boomed |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have boomed |
| he, she, it | has boomed | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had boomed |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will boom |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have boomed |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am booming |
| he, she, it | is booming | |
| you, we, they | are booming | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was booming |
| you, we, they | were booming | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been booming |
| he, she, it | has been booming | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been booming |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be booming |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been booming |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Cellnet has 800,000 subscribers, and business is booming.
- Tourism boomed here in the late 1990s.
- We're happy to report that business is booming this year.
- A crash of thunder boomed so loudly that the floor shook.
- Coastal development and tourism are booming.
- Every time Peter said a word, his father would boom him.
- I boomed one drive 265 yards.
- Lower marginal rates would also improve work incentives and shrink the black economy, which is said to be booming.
Longman Language Activatorto make a loud noise
to make a loud, deep, hollow sound like the sound of a big gun: · Thunder boomed loudly overhead.· Rock music boomed from speakers above the stage.· Occasional volleys of shellfire boomed out from beyond the walls of the city.
if something roars , especially a machine or a strong wind, it makes a continuous loud noise: · I stood by the waterfall, almost hypnotised by the roaring water.roar through/past etc: · The wind roared through the forest.· Traffic roared along the highway.
if a machine, vehicle, etc thunders , it makes a loud, deep, powerful sound, especially when it is moving fast: thunder past/through/overhead etc: · The train thundered through the station.
if music or someone's voice blares or blares out , it comes from a radio, TV etc very loudly: · It was a horrible disco with lights flashing and music blaring.· A siren blared out somewhere behind us.blare out something: · A radio was blaring out pop music.
to produce a lot of loud noise, especially music: · The neighbors blasted religious music from their windows at all hours of the night.· Pop music blasted out from her radio.
loud something that is loud makes a lot of noise: · The music's too loud. Can you turn it down?· Three seconds later there was a loud bang and the hall was filled with smoke.· The boy gave a loud cry of pain.
use this about places where there is a lot of noise, or about people and machines that make a lot of noise, especially when this annoys you: · The nightclub was crowded and noisy.· Their lives are being ruined by noisy neighbours.· People started to complain about his noisy motorbike.
a crowd that is rowdy makes too much noise and behaves badly: · They were thrown out of the bar for rowdy behaviour.· People living near the football stadium complain about litter and rowdy fans.· The meeting was a somewhat rowdy affair.
: raucous voice/laugh etc a voice, laugh etc that is loud, rough and uncontrolled: · A howl of raucous laughter came from the kitchen.· He sat and finished his drink, ignoring the raucous voices from the other end of the bar.
: booming voice/laugh etc a voice, laugh etc that is very loud and deep: · The speaker's booming voice easily reached the back of the theatre.· His booming laugh echoed around the room.
a successful company or product · What are the features that characterized the successful corporations of the past?· He returned to Merseyside after a successful tour with Johnny Gentle.· Our most successful product is based on a very simple idea.· Gradually, word spread, and we built up a very successful business indeed.
a company, organization, or industry that is thriving is very successful, especially because economic conditions are good or because a lot of people want to buy or use their products: · The nearby malls are thriving, and there's no need for another regional shopping centre.· He expanded the shipping trade and left a thriving business to his son. · the thriving fast-food and soft drinks industry
a company or industry that is booming is extremely successful at a particular time, especially because economic conditions are good: · The need for personal protection has led to a booming private security industry here. · Every day, we hear that the IT industry is booming, but where's the real evidence of that?business is booming (=used to say that you are selling a lot of products and making a lot of money): · One company that specializes in fitting old computers with new parts says business is booming.
if a company or product is a success story , it has become extremely successful, especially suddenly: · Tonight, we're going to hear about another business success story from the North East. · Well, the success story might never have happened if the entrepreneur had taken the advice of his bank.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Business was booming, and money wasn’t a problem.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1[intransitive usually in progressive] if business, trade, or a particular area is booming, it is increasing and being very successful: Business was booming, and money wasn’t a problem. (=a time when people spend a lot more money on buying things than usual)· the consumer boom of the 1980s in Britain
(=extremely strong and successful)· What can we learn from China’s booming economy?
(=becomes very successful very quickly)· The economy is booming and share prices are at an all-time high.
(=people born between 1946 and 1964)· Healthcare expenses are expected to rise as the baby-boom generation reaches retirement.
(=when the population increases quickly and by a large amount)· What will be the long-term effects of this population explosion?
· Thunder crashed overhead, waking the baby.
(=when an economy or industry is very successful)· In the boom years, things weren’t too bad.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB· His own followers cheered him repeatedly as the rhetoric boomed out through the slight electronic distortion of the public address systems.· He learned how to boom out facts and figures to the city council members that they were unable to refute.· He boomed out, slipping in all the glottal stops and nasal sobs of an appallingly melodramatic tenor.· Tall man, booming out laughter and orders, watching us, adoring us.· A loud guffaw boomed out from the lounge and he glanced through the doorway, thankful to be out-of the way.
NOUN· Gloucestershire police say the pornographic video business appears to be booming, so a crackdown on the dealers is to be welcomed.· Or else because business was booming, the money was there, and the experiments might just possibly pay off some day.· When their businesses were booming, they could afford to pose as tough-talking entrepreneurs keen to take on the telephone companies.· Its paging business was booming, and annual operating profits broke the $ 1 billion mark.· People migrated into the villages and towns of the coalfield where business was booming.· Schilling fought it, but since business was booming, he was shouted down.· He realised that when Field played his pianos in City salerooms, business boomed.
· And then when the economy starts booming they start spending more because they have got nice surpluses.· Underwire EconomiesThe dark side: the informal economy booms.· The economy booms like cannon, far out at sea on a lone ship.· As her economy boomed, she needed more black labor.· Ireland, whose economy is booming, is looking at allowing in 200,000 skilled workers over seven years.· The economy is booming and reaching out to some previously neglected economic sectors.· As the economy boomed, champagne boomed with it, becoming the house wine of the upwardly mobile.· Local governments, too, cooperated, glad to have their economy boomed for them.
· As the media went rabid with outrage, a for and against Manson/Family industry began to boom.· On the contrary, the industry is booming, although these days it goes by the name of direct selling.· Next thing she knew, the industry was booming, and sales poured in.
· The range of sports programmes, live and packaged, is extraordinary, while the videotape market is booming.· With thousands of new residents arriving in Las Vegas each month, the housing market is booming.
· A crash of thunder boomed so loudly that the floor shook.· They frequently shifted and broke apart under the warming sun, sounding like thunder, booming cannonades and shotgun blasts.
· Foreign trade is booming, but not enough to account for a doubling of stock prices.· Pat Buchanan not withstanding, trade is booming more than ever before.
· People passing in the street would hear his voice booming through the big wisteria -hung window that looked down the hill.· Most of all her voice booms, whether she's praising her spicy Southwest eggs or when she sings opera on stage.· His abusive father routine earned him a spontaneous burst of applause, his voice booming to the rafters.
Business was booming, and money wasn’t a problem. Tourism on the island has boomed.2 (also boom out) [transitive] to say something in a loud deep voice: ‘Ladies and gentlemen,’ his voice boomed out.3 (also boom out) [intransitive] to make a loud deep sound: Guns boomed in the distance.—booming adjective: a booming economy