inflate

Definition

Examples

Rising fuel costs have caused prices to inflate across the whole industry.

Word Family

Synonyms

• pump uphaving a meaning similar to inflate
• expandextend in one or more directions
• escalateincrease in extent or intensity

Collocations

• Easy inflate the tires
  to inflate the tires, meaning to exaggerate or make bigger
• Medium artificially inflate asset prices
  describing artificially inflate asset prices (not according to nature; not by natural means)
• Hard inflate revenue through false invoices
  to inflate revenue through false invoices, meaning to exaggerate or make bigger
• Very Hard inflate ego at expense of team
  to inflate ego at expense of team, meaning to exaggerate or make bigger