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How to pronounce “inflate”

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Pronunciation guide for inflate

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of inflate with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: Part 2: Scott Galloway’s Viral TED Talk on How the Old Are Stealing from the Young 35 minutes,and we're going to artificially inflate and support the markets.
Definition summary: (transitive) To enlarge an object by pushing air (or a gas) into it; to raise or expand abnormally

Example 1 of 8

Part 2: Scott Galloway’s Viral TED Talk on How the Old Are Stealing from the Young 35 minutes,

and we're going to artificially inflate and support the markets.

[Verb]
(transitive) To enlarge an object by pushing air (or a gas) into it; to raise or expand abnormally
(intransitive) To enlarge by filling with air (or a gas).
(figurative) To swell; to puff up.
(transitive, computing) To decompress (data) that was previously deflated.
(figurative, transitive) To represent something as being more important, better, or worse than it actually is; to exaggerate.

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