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# inflation

«inflation» in Mova's school dictionary: **A rise in prices over time, so the same money buys less** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (inflation — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A rise in prices over time, so the same money buys less. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflation/#m1)

2) Filling something with air or gas so it gets bigger, like a balloon or a tyre. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflation/#m2)

3) Making something seem bigger or more important than it is (an inflation of the truth). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflation/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and the news, inflation means prices going up: a bag of sweets costs more than it did. In maths lessons it shows up as percentages: inflation of 3% means 100 dollars of goods now costs 103. In science and PE, inflation is pumping air into balls and tyres. Phrases: high inflation, low inflation, the rate of inflation, keep up with inflation.

### examples

- Because of inflation, a loaf of bread costs more than it used to. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflation/#x1)
- Gran says her pocket money bought much more before inflation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflation/#x2)
- The rate of inflation is 2 percent this year. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflation/#x3)
- Check the inflation of the bike tyres before you ride. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflation/#x4)
- The inflation of the bouncy castle took five minutes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflation/#x5)
- Wages that do not keep up with inflation buy less each year. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflation/#x6)
- If inflation is 10%, something that cost 50 pounds now costs 55 pounds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflation/#x7)

### note

Uncountable: say "inflation", not "an inflation" or "inflations". Verb: inflate; adjective: inflatable (an inflatable boat). Opposite in prices: deflation (prices falling). For numbers: inflation of x% means multiply the old price by (100 + x)/100. Inflation does not mean everything doubles; it is usually a small percentage each year.

### In the corpora

- [Inflation means prices rise over time, so the same pound buys less; if pay rises more slowly, families are worse off.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/9-when-money-is-tight/11/)
- [Prices go up slowly over the years; this is called inflation, which is why grown-ups remember cheaper prices.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/11-prices-and-change-at-the-till/13/)
- [Inflation means prices in general going up over time, so the same pound buys a little less each year.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/34-inflation-explained-with-a-chocolate-bar/0/)
- [Inflation is prices going up over time; the inflation rate is how much they rise in a year, as a percentage.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/34-inflation-explained-with-a-chocolate-bar/5/)
- [Prices rising over the years is called inflation; £1 is 100p, which is 10 times 10p.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/126-in-the-olden-days/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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