inflation

B2
Pronunciation
/ɪnˈfleɪʃən/
Noun
6 definition(s)
1 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • The inflation of the balloon took five hours.
2 Definition

An increase in the general level of prices or in the cost of living.

3 Definition

A decline in the value of money.

4 Definition

An increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money.

5 Definition

Undue expansion or increase, as of academic grades.

6 Definition

An extremely rapid expansion of the universe, theorised to have occurred very shortly after the big bang.