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ballooning

UK
/bəˈluːnɪŋ/
US
/bəˈlunɪŋ/

Translations

ballooningnoun
The ballooning of the company's expenses led to a financial crisis.
Le gonflement des dépenses de l’entreprise a entraîné une crise financière.
Ballooning is a popular activity in the region, attracting tourists from all over the world.
L’aérostation est une activité populaire dans la région, attirant des touristes du monde entier.
Additional translations
ballooningBiologie, terme spécialisé.
Synonyms
enlargement
expansion
inflation
swelling
rise
ballooninggerund / present participle
UK
/bəˈluːnɪŋ/
US
/bəˈlunɪŋ/
Used attributively to describe something that is swelling or increasing rapidly.
galopantSe dit d’une augmentation rapide.
The project faced ballooning costs after the design changes.
Le projet a dû faire face à des coûts galopants après les changements de conception.
Additional translations
gonfléSens littéral, pour quelque chose qui enfle ou se boursoufle.
Synonyms
mushrooming
swelling
inflating
expanding
bloating
growing
escalating
surging
soaring
balloonverb

ballooning

Gerund

ballooned
Past Simple
ballooned
Past Participle
ballooning
Gerund
UK
/bəˈluːn/
US
/bəˈlun/
The population of the city has ballooned in recent years.
La population de la ville a gonflé ces dernières années.
Additional translations
voyager en montgolfière
s'envolerPour une augmentation rapide et marquée.
Synonyms
expand
inflate
rise
increase
swell

Definitions

ballooningnoun
The activity or sport of flying in a hot air balloon.
Ballooning is a popular activity in the region, attracting tourists from all over the world.
The act of something expanding or swelling up like a balloon.
The ballooning of the company's expenses led to a financial crisis.
The dispersal of spiders or other small invertebrates through the air by means of long threads of silk.
Ballooning enables young spiders to travel long distances on the wind.
ballooninggerund / present participle
Swelling, bulging, or increasing rapidly like a balloon.
The project faced ballooning costs after the design changes.
balloonverb
To swell or expand like a balloon.
The population of the city has ballooned in recent years.
To increase rapidly and dramatically.
The costs of the project ballooned beyond the initial estimates.
To travel in a balloon, especially a hot-air balloon.
They ballooned over the vineyards at dawn.
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