inflate /in-flātˈ/

1. To cause to swell up with air or gas
2. To puff up
3. To expand unduly
4. To increase excessively
5. To elate

1. To become full of air or gas
2. To distend

inflatˈable noun and adjective

(any object) that can be inflated

inflatˈed adjective

1. Swollen or blown out
2. Turgid
3. Pompous
4. Hollow, filled with air (botany)
5. (of prices) artificially increased

inflatˈedly adverb

inflatˈingly adverb

inflation /in-flāˈshən/ noun

1. The act of inflating
2. The condition of being inflated
3. Undue increase in quantity of money in proportion to buying power, as on an excessive issue of fiduciary money
4. A progressive increase in the general level of prices
5. Turgidity of style
6. Afflatus, inspiration (rare)

inflaˈtionary adjective

inflaˈtionism noun

The policy of inflating currency

inflaˈtionist noun and adjective

inflatˈive adjective

1. Causing inflation
2. Tending to inflate

inflatˈor or inflatˈer noun

1. Someone who, or something that, inflates
2. A cycle pump

inflatˈus noun (Latin)

Inspiration

inflationary universe noun (astronomy)

A model of the very early universe (10⁻⁴⁴ seconds after the Big Bang) in which the universe expands momentarily much faster than the speed of light

inflaˈtion-proof adjective

(of investments, etc) protected, esp by indexation, against inflation

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