inflation
(noun) the act of filling something with air
ostentation, ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, puffiness, splashiness, inflation
(noun) lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
inflation
(noun) (cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred shortly after the big bang
inflation, rising prices
(noun) a general and progressive increase in prices; “in inflation everything gets more valuable except money”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
inflation (plural inflations)
An act, instance of, or state of expansion or increase in size, especially by injection of a gas.
(economics) An increase in the general level of prices or in the cost of living.
(economics) A decline in the value of money.
(economics) An increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money.
Undue expansion or increase, as of academic grades.
(cosmology) An extremely rapid expansion of the universe, theorised to have occurred very shortly after the big bang.
• deflation
• inflatino
Source: Wiktionary
In*fla"tion, n. Etym: [L. inflatio: cf. F. inflation.]
1. The act or process of inflating, or the state of being inflated, as with air or gas; distention; expansion; enlargement. Boyle.
2. The state of being puffed up, as with pride; conceit; vanity. B. Jonson.
3. Undue expansion or increase, from overissue; -- said of currency. [U.S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
16 November 2024
(verb) go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness; “She left a mess when she moved out”; “His good luck finally left him”; “her husband left her after 20 years of marriage”; “she wept thinking she had been left behind”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
