boom
US /bum/
noun, verb Target · B2 Tài chính & ngân sách
Definition
a deep prolonged loud noise
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
The city experienced a construction boom after the new airport was announced.
Synonyms
- surgea sudden forceful flow
- expansionthe act of increasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope
- flourisha showy gesture
Collocations
- Easy loud thunder boomdescribing loud thunder boom (characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity)
- Medium economic boom perioddescribing economic boom period (of or relating to an economy, the system of production and management of material wealth)
- Hard post-war baby booma collocation phrase: post-war baby boom
- Very Hard boom-and-bust cycle of marketsa collocation phrase: boom-and-bust cycle of markets
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