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US
/ɪnˈfɫeɪt/
]
[ UK /ɪnflˈeɪt/ ]
[ UK /ɪnflˈeɪt/ ]
VERB
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cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or credit
The war inflated the economy -
fill with gas or air
inflate a balloons -
become inflated
The sails ballooned -
exaggerate or make bigger
The charges were inflated -
increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value
inflate the currency
How To Use inflate In A Sentence
- The English were among the first to revive the "Louis XIV style" as it was miscalled at first, and paid inflated prices for second-hand Rococo luxury goods that could scarcely be sold in Paris.
- Soon the seeds in the inflated seed cases of the yellow rattle will be hard and rattle at a brush.
- The surprise is learning that even when a school's moderation process is proved faulty under the NCEA, students can still retain their inflated marks.
- It is propelled by oars, and will carry 15 or 20 persons, but its capacity is greatly increased by lashing inflated seal skins to the outside.
- Trying to reinflate the bubble is no way to solve the housing crisis. Times, Sunday Times
- Latex balloons, and toys or games that contain a latex balloon, must carry a warning that children younger than 8 can choke or suffocate on uninflated or broken balloons and that adult supervision is required Not just the newest toys hold risks for kids
- The figures were greatly inflated, allowing welfare-bashing cronies to misuse the numbers and misrepresent welfare recipients.
- The prototype antenna popped from its carrier like a jack-in-the-box, and its three 92-foot accordion struts inflated as planned.
- Sadly, Bachmann's inflated version of John Quincy Adams's antislavery record exemplifies how she and other Tea Party advocates remold the past into a founding-era-Disneyland version bolstering their political agenda. R. B. Bernstein: Will the Real John Quincy Adams Please Stand Up?
- Certainly some witnesses made inflated claims about how much alcohol they had consumed without becoming intoxicated.