reflate
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
economics: experience reflation
The economy reflated after the Fed took extreme measures
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
economics: raise demand, expand the money supply, or raise prices, after a period of deflation
These measures reflated the economy
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 3 verb
inflate again
reflate the balloon
Types & categories
- inflate hypernym
Sense 4 verb
become inflated again
Types & categories
- balloon hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | reflation |
| 1 | verb group | Related & opposite | reflate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | reflation |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | reflate |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | inflate |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | inflate |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | balloon |