āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
deflate
/diËflËeâÉĒt/
to deflate
01
āĻŽā§āϞā§āϝ āĻšā§āϰāĻžāϏ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻāĻŽāĻžāύ
to reduce the value or amount of something
Transitive: to deflate value or amount of something
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Experts predict that changes in regulations will deflate the demand for certain products.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώāĻā§āĻāϰāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻŋāώā§āϝāĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŖā§ āĻāϰā§āύ āϝ⧠āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽāĻā§āϞāĻŋāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāϰā§āϤāύāĻā§āϞāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻĒāĻŖā§āϝā§āϰ āĻāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻĻāĻž āĻšā§āϰāĻžāϏ āĻāϰāĻŦā§āĨ¤
02
āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧā§ āĻšāĻžāϰāĻžāύā§, āĻĢā§āϞāĻž āĻāĻŽāĻž
to lose air or gas
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
As the tire deflated, the cyclist had to stop and fix the puncture before continuing the ride.
āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧā§ āĻšāĻžāϰāĻžāϤ⧠āĻĨāĻžāĻāϞā§, āϏāĻžāĻāĻā§āϞ āĻāĻžāϞāĻāĻā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻŽāϤ⧠āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ āϝāĻžāϤā§āϰāĻž āĻāĻžāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āϝāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻāĻā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻāĻžāϰ āĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
03
āĻŽā§āϞā§āϝāϏā§āĻĢā§āϤāĻŋ āĻšā§āϰāĻžāϏ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻāĻŽāĻžāύ
to decrease the general level of prices of goods and services, often accompanied by a decline in economic activity
Transitive: to deflate the economy or economic values
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The government 's austerity measures aimed to deflate public spending, reduce budget deficits, and stabilize the economy.
āϏāϰāĻāĻžāϰā§āϰ āĻāĻ ā§āϰāϤāĻž āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āϞāĻŋ āϏāϰāĻāĻžāϰ⧠āĻŦā§āϝāϝāĻŧ āĻšā§āϰāĻžāϏ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āĻ āĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻŋ āĻšā§āϰāĻžāϏ āĻāϰāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ
āϰā§āĻĨāύā§āϤāĻŋāĻā§ āϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋāĻļā§āϞ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āϞāĻā§āώā§āϝ⧠āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
04
āĻāĻŽāĻžāύ, āĻšā§āϰāĻžāϏ āĻāϰāĻž
to reduce or lessen the level of an attitude or feeling
Transitive: to deflate an attitude or feeling
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His failure to secure the promotion deflated his aspirations for advancement within the company.
āĻĒāĻĻā§āύā§āύāϤāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻļā§āĻāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāϰā§āĻĨāϤāĻž āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϰ āĻŽāϧā§āϝ⧠āĻ
āĻā§āϰāĻāϤāĻŋāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāĻāĻžāĻā§āĻā§āώāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻŽāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
05
āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧā§ āĻŽā§āĻā§āϤ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻĄāĻŋāĻĢā§āϞā§āĻ āĻāϰāĻž
to release and empty air or gas from a container, causing it to become less inflated
Transitive: to deflate a container
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She carefully deflated the air mattress after the camping trip, folding it up neatly for storage.
āĻā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻŋāĻ āĻā§āϰāĻŋāĻĒā§āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠āϏ⧠āϏāĻžāĻŦāϧāĻžāύ⧠āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϰā§āϏāĻāĻŋ āĻĢāĻžāĻāĻāĻž āĻāϰ⧠āĻĻāĻŋāϞ, āĻāĻāĻŋ āϏāĻāϰāĻā§āώāĻŖā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āϏā§āύā§āĻĻāϰāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻžāĻāĻ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
deflated
deflation
deflator
deflate
defl
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