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# inflated

«inflated» in Mova's school dictionary: **Filled with air or gas, so that it gets bigger: an…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb, past form of inflate (inflate, inflates, inflated, inflating); adjective (inflated)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Filled with air or gas, so that it gets bigger: an inflated balloon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflated/#m1)

2) Made bigger, higher or more important than is true or fair: inflated prices, an inflated ego. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflated/#m2)

3) (money) Inflated prices have gone up because of inflation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflated/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science (air takes up space), in everyday life (tyres, bouncy castles), money and adult life (prices rising), and in stories about boastful people. Phrases: inflated prices, fully inflated, an inflated opinion of himself.

### examples

- We inflated the paddling pool with a pump. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflated/#x1)
- The tyres must be properly inflated. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflated/#x2)
- Tickets were sold at inflated prices. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflated/#x3)
- He has an inflated idea of how good he is. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflated/#x4)
- The lifejacket inflated when it touched the water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflated/#x5)
- Prices are inflated near the beach in summer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflated/#x6)

### note

Opposite: deflated (also means disappointed). Noun: inflation. Past: inflated.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «inflated» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflated/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.