inflation
/ɪn'fleɪʃən/
noun
9 letters3 syllables12 points in Scrabble®15 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS4
NOUN
1
A general and progressive increase in prices.
“in inflation everything gets more valuable except money”
2
Lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity.
3
(cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred shortly after the big bang.
4
The act of filling something with air.
WORD FORMS
Related forminflate
Related forminflationary
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®12 points
Words With Friends®15 points
Double word24 points
Triple word36 points
GOOD TO KNOW
Pig Latininflationway
Starts & ends withI … N
Syllablesin · fla · tion
SYNONYMS & RELATED12
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