inflate
/ɪnˈfleɪt/verb
उच्चारण इन्फ़्लेट
(हवा) भरना, फुलाना
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[I, T] ~ (sth)
to fill something or become filled with gas or air
(हवा) भरना, फुलाना
- Inflate the tyres before the journey.
- The cyclist stopped by the roadside to inflate his tyre.
- Please inflate the balloon for the birthday party.
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- The pump was used to inflate the football.
- The lifejacket inflates automatically when it touches water.
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[T] ~ sth
to make something appear to be more important or better than it really is; to increase prices
बढ़ा-चढ़ाकर दिखाना; (दाम) बढ़ाना
- The figures were inflated to impress the buyers.
- Shopkeepers inflate the price of vegetables whenever there is a festival.
- Some businesses inflate their profits to attract investors.
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- Do not inflate the importance of one small test.
- Heavy demand during the festival inflates the price of flowers.
Synonyms exaggerate overstate magnify raise increase
Opposite deflate understate lower reduce
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in·flate
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Inflated prices, an inflated ego.
Collocations: inflated prices (बढ़ा-चढ़ाकर रखे गए दाम), an inflated ego (अहंकार जो ज़रूरत से ज़्यादा बढ़ गया हो)।
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General knowledge
Economics GK: inflation is a general rise in prices and fall in the value of money; deflation is a general fall in prices; stagflation is inflation with low growth and high unemployment; the RBI controls inflation through monetary policy.
अर्थशास्त्र GK में inflation (मुद्रास्फीति) कीमतों में सामान्य वृद्धि और मुद्रा के मूल्य में गिरावट है; deflation कीमतों में सामान्य गिरावट; stagflation कम वृद्धि और ऊँची बेरोज़गारी के साथ मुद्रास्फीति; RBI मौद्रिक नीति से मुद्रास्फीति नियंत्रित करता है।