boom
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2.8
- noun
- /buːm/
- The city saw an economic boom with the construction of new infrastructure and an influx of businesses.
- economic boom
- baby boom
- boom-and-bust
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Watch on YouTubeWe had this price boom with undersupply, maybe.
- We had this price boom with undersupply, maybe.
- What this is a time of stock market boom, of growing inequality.
- He lives in an in an, an oil boom area.
- I mean, it was just such a energy boom and it was really cool.
Examples
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Prisons are closing after a boom in prison building.
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Although not a Reaganesque boom by any means, the economy is growing and jobs are being added.
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And then ten years later, a boom happens here, right here.
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Now, how powerful was the cotton boom once it took hold?
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What this is a time of stock market boom, of growing inequality.
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The integrated information infrastructure has led to a boom in the development of social networks.
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Over the past decade, downtown San Diego has experienced a tremendous boom in condominium construction.
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After decades in the doldrums, downtown San Diego began to experience a boom during the mid-1980s.
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Naive observers might have expected a consequent boom in recreational fishing and boating.
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Fueling interest in Georgia's reputed mission ruins was the land boom in the semitropical Golden Isles.
Academic text (2013)
Synonyms
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3.7
A time when people or a country have money and success
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4.1
A time when a country, the arts, or a person has great success
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7.1
A time that brings a large unexpected amount of money or success
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4.1
A time when something is most successful or active
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7.1
A period of time with much success or abundance
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7.4
A short period of quick growth or interest
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Compounds
- Specialized
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4.5
A loud, explosive sound made when something like a plane goes faster than sound
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3.5
People in the United States born between 1946 and 1964 when birth rates rose after World War II
- Specialized
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4.2
A long pole that holds a microphone above actors on a film or TV set out of the camera's view
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Etymology
Boom The noun for a period of rapid growth can be remembered like a loud announcement: imagine a sudden 'boom' that signals quick success, and so a boom is a time of fast, strong economic rise.