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disinflate

disinflate verb: to reduce the rate of inflation.

Verb

disinflate (third-person singular simple present disinflates, present participle disinflating, simple past and past participle disinflated)

  1. To reduce the rate of inflation

Forms of disinflate

third-person singular presentdisinflates
present participledisinflating
past participledisinflated
pastdisinflated

Origin of disinflate

From dis- + inflate.

Questions about disinflate

What does disinflate mean?
Disinflate means to reduce the rate of inflation.
What part of speech is disinflate?
Disinflate is a verb.
What is the past tense of disinflate?
The past tense of disinflate is disinflated.

Words near disinflate in the dictionary

  1. disinfests
  2. disinflame
  3. disinflamed
  4. disinflames
  5. disinflaming
  6. disinflate
  7. disinflated
  8. disinflates
  9. disinflating
  10. disinflation
  11. disinflationary

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