[{"word":"inflation","phonetic":"/ɪnˈfleɪʃən/","phonetics":[{"text":"/ɪnˈfleɪʃən/","audio":""}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"An act, instance of, or state of expansion or increase in size, especially by injection of a gas.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The inflation of the balloon took five hours."},{"definition":"An increase in the general level of prices or in the cost of living.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A decline in the value of money.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"An increase in the quantity of money, leading to a devaluation of existing money.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Undue expansion or increase, as of academic grades.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"An extremely rapid expansion of the universe, theorised to have occurred very shortly after the big bang.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":["deflation"]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/inflation"]}]