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# inflated

verb, past form of inflate (inflate, inflates, inflated, inflating); adjective (inflated)

«inflated» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Filled with air or gas, so that it gets bigger: an inflated balloon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflated/#m1)
2. Made bigger, higher or more important than is true or fair: inflated prices, an inflated ego. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflated/#m2)
3. (money) Inflated prices have gone up because of inflation. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflated/#m3)

### In the lessons

In science (air takes up space), in everyday life (tyres, bouncy castles), money and adult life (prices rising), and in stories about boastful people. Phrases: inflated prices, fully inflated, an inflated opinion of himself.

### Examples

- We inflated the paddling pool with a pump. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflated/#x1)
- The tyres must be properly inflated. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflated/#x2)
- Tickets were sold at inflated prices. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflated/#x3)
- He has an inflated idea of how good he is. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflated/#x4)
- The lifejacket inflated when it touched the water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflated/#x5)
- Prices are inflated near the beach in summer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflated/#x6)

### Note

Opposite: deflated (also means disappointed). Noun: inflation. Past: inflated.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «inflated» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflated/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«inflated» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/inflated.html) on Mova free.