inflation
Syllables: in·fla·tion/ɪnˈfleɪ.ʃn̩/US/ɪnˈfleɪ.ʃən/
inflation noun: an act, instance of, or state of expansion or increase in size, especially by injection of a gas or liquid.
Noun
inflation (countable and uncountable, plural inflations)
- 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.
- 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.
- Undue expansion or increase, as of academic grades.
- An extremely rapid expansion of the universe, theorized to have occurred very shortly after the Big Bang.
Proper noun capitalized: Inflation
Inflation
- 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.
- Synonyms:
- Age of Inflation, Epoch of Inflation, Era of Inflation, Inflationary Age, Inflationary Epoch, Inflationary Era
inflation meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
inflation in Hindi
- increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
- मुद्रास्फीति mudrāsphīti
inflation in Tamil
- increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
- பணவீக்கம் paṇavīkkam
- expansion or increase in size
- வீக்கம் vīkkam, வளர்ச்சி vaḷarcci
- inflation of the universe
- அண்ட விரிவடைதல் aṇṭa virivaṭaital
inflation in Urdu
- increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
- اِفْراطِ زَر ifrāt-i zar
inflation in Bengali
- increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money and increase in the general nominal level of prices or in the cost of living
- মুদ্রাস্ফীতি mudraśphiti
More languagesFewer languages
- inflation in Malayalam
- പൂരിപ്പിക്കൽ, വീങ്ങൽ, നാണയപ്പെരുപ്പം, ഊതിവീർപ്പിക്കൽ
- inflation in Kannada
- ಹಣದುಬ್ಬರ, ಹಣ ಚಲಾವಣೆಯ ಅತಿಹೆಚ್ಚಳ, ಉಬ್ಬರ, ಹೆಕ್ಕಳ
- inflation in Gujarati
- ફુગાવો phugāvo, મોંઘવારી moṅghvārī
- inflation in Pashto
- انفلاسيون enflāsyun, تورم tawarom, پړسوب paṛsob, غومبه ǧumba
- inflation in Tagalog
- implasyon, bintog, pagbintog
- inflation in Arabic
- تَضَخُّم taḍaḵḵum, زِيَادَة ziyāda
- inflation in Malay
- inflasi
- inflation in Indonesian
- inflasi, pengembangan, pengembungan
- inflation in Thai
- เงินเฟ้อ ngən-fə́ə, ภาวะเงินเฟ้อ paa-wá ngən-fə́ə
- inflation in Vietnamese
- lạm phát
- inflation in Myanmar
- ငွေကြေးဖောင်းပွခြင်း ngwe-kre:hpaung:pwa.hkrang:
Examples of inflation in a sentence
- If the government doesn't tighten the money supply, inflation is certain to be harsh.
- Historically, a rise in interest rates slows the rate of inflation.
- The likelihood is that the inflation rate will continue to rise.
Synonyms of inflation
- Age of Inflation
- Epoch of Inflation
- Era of Inflation
- Inflationary Age
- Inflationary Epoch
- Inflationary Era
Antonyms
Forms of inflation
| plural | inflations |
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Origin of 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.
From inflation.
Words formed from inflation
- agflation
- anti-inflation
- Bidenflation
- blueberry inflation
- 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
- inflational
- inflationary
- inflationism
- inflationist
- inflationless
- inflationproof
- inflaton
- inflatophilia
- Justinflation
- lifestyle inflation
- mudflation
- overinflation
- preinflation
- reinflation
- sagflation
- shelflation
- shitflation
- shrinkflation
- size inflation
- skimpflation
- slumpflation
- sneakflation
- stagflation
- stretchflation
- superinflation
- taxflation
- taxonomic inflation
- tipflation
- Trumpflation
- underinflation
- wage-push inflation
- warflation
- white inflation theory
Phrases with inflation
Words that rhyme with inflation
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about inflation
- What does inflation mean?
- Inflation means an act, instance of, or state of expansion or increase in size, especially by injection of a gas or liquid.
- What is inflation in Hindi?
- Inflation in Hindi is मुद्रास्फीति (mudrāsphīti). See Inflation meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is inflation?
- Inflation can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce inflation?
- Inflation is pronounced /ɪnˈfleɪ.ʃən/ (US).
- What is the plural of inflation?
- The plural of inflation is inflations.
Words near inflation in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: inflation (page history and authors); Inflation (page history and authors); inflation (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inflation (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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