inundation
/ˌɪn.ənˈdeɪ.ʃən/
inundation noun: the act of inundating; an overflow; a flood; a rising and spreading of water over grounds.
Noun
inundation (countable and uncountable, plural inundations)
- The act of inundating; an overflow; a flood; a rising and spreading of water over grounds.
- The state of being inundated; flooding.
- Serious as was the flood damage in England, the bursting of some of the dykes on the coast of Holland resulted in an even more widespread and devastating inundation.1953 April, “Devastation in Holland”, in Railway Magazine, page 217
- An overflowing or superfluous abundance; a flood; a great influx.
- There is an inundation of tourists in summer, but in winter the town is almost deserted.
- But he did not long abuse my patience, for the objects before him had now put him by all his, and, coming out with that formidable machine of his, he lets the fury loose, and pointing it directly to the pouting-lipt mouth, that bid him sweet defiance in dumb-shew, squeezes in the head, and, driving...1749, [John Cleland], “(Please specify the letter or volume)”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London: […] [Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], →OCLC
Proper noun capitalized: Inundation
Inundation
- One of the three seasons of Ancient Egypt.
inundation meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada
inundation in Tamil
- வெள்ளப்பெருக்கு, வௌளத்தமிழல், வெள்ளம்
inundation in Urdu
- فیضان, سیلاب, طغیانی
inundation in Malayalam
- വെള്ളപ്പൊക്കം, ജലപ്രളയം, മലവെള്ളം
inundation in Kannada
- ಮುಳುಗಡೆ, ಜಲಾವರಣ
More languagesFewer languages
- inundation in Arabic
- فيضان fayadan
- inundation in Persian
- سیلاب seylâb
Forms of inundation
| plural | inundations |
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Origin of inundation
From Old French inundacion (“flood”) (French inondation), from Latin inundatio (“flood”), form of inundō (“to flood, overflow”) (English inundate). By surface analysis, inundat(e) + -ion.
Words that rhyme with inundation
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
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- 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 inundation
- What does inundation mean?
- Inundation means the act of inundating; an overflow; a flood; a rising and spreading of water over grounds.
- What is inundation in Tamil?
- Inundation in Tamil is வெள்ளப்பெருக்கு, வௌளத்தமிழல், வெள்ளம். See Inundation meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is inundation?
- Inundation can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce inundation?
- Inundation is pronounced /ˌɪn.ənˈdeɪ.ʃən/.
- What is the plural of inundation?
- The plural of inundation is inundations.
Words near inundation in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: inundation (page history and authors); Inundation (page history and authors); inundation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inundation (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inundation (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inundation (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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