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English to English noun
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a general and progressive increase in prices |  | Example: in inflation everything gets more valuable except money
source: wordnet30
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(cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred shortly after the big bang | | source: wordnet30
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lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity | | source: wordnet30
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the act of filling something with air | | source: wordnet30
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The act or process of inflating, or the state of being inflated, as with air or gas; distention; expansion; enlargement. | | source: webster1913
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