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inflation

/ɪnˈfleɪ.ʃən/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.14 in modern English

Syllables
in-fla-tion
IPA
/ɪnˈfleɪ.ʃən/
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Countable; Uncountable

noun

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

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Undue expansion or increase, as of academic grades.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

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

Countable; Uncountable

name

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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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- Proto-Indo-European *-eh₁- Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁-der. Proto-Italic *flāōder. Latin flō Latin īnflō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin īnflātiōbor. Old French inflationder. Middle English English inflation 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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *bʰleh₁-, -, inflation, īnflātiō

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ɪnˈfleɪ.ʃən/
  • British English: /ɪnˈfleɪ.ʃn̩/

Usage

Inflected Forms

inflations (plural)

Derived Forms

agflation Bidenflation cheapflation cumflation disinflation eggflation excuseflation foodflation friendflation greedflation greenflation halalflation

Phrases

anti-inflation blueberry inflation bottleneck inflation core inflation cost-push inflation counter-inflation credential inflation demand-pull inflation

Frequently Paired Words

conflation deflation inflate reflation anti-inflaton anti-inflaton particle cosmic inflation cosmic inflation theory

Synonyms

Age of Inflation Epoch of Inflation Era of Inflation Inflationary Age Inflationary Epoch Inflationary Era ostentation ostentatiousness pomposity pompousness pretentiousness puffiness

Antonyms

deflation

Rhymes With

information education situation population station association administration operation organization nation location application

Questions

How do you pronounce inflation?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɪnˈfleɪ.ʃən/.
What does inflation mean?
An act, instance of, or state of expansion or increase in size, especially by injection of a gas or liquid.
Where does inflation come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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