- 1a sudden increase in trade and economic activity; a period of wealth and success Living standards improved rapidly during the post-war boom. boom in something a boom in car sales a boom year (for trade, exports, etc.) a property/housing boom a chaotic period of boom and bust Wordfindertradeboom, business, commerce, embargo, import, market, monopoly, sanction, tariff, trade Wordfindertrendboom, decline, dip, fluctuate, level off/out, peak, plateau, plummet, slump, trend CollocationsThe economyManaging the economy handle/run/manage the economy boost investment/spending/employment/growth stimulate demand/the economy/industry cut/reduce investment/spending/borrowing reduce/curb/control/keep down inflation create/fuel growth/demand/a boom/a bubble encourage/foster/promote/stimulate/stifle innovation/competition encourage/work with/compete with the private sector increase/boost/promote US/agricultural exports ban/restrict/block cheap/foreign imports the economy grows/expands/shrinks/contracts/slows (down)/recovers/improves/is booming enjoy an economic/housing/property boomEconomic problems push up/drive up prices/costs/inflation damage/hurt/destroy industry/the economy cause/lead to/go into/avoid/escape recession experience/suffer a recession/downturn fight/combat inflation/deflation/unemployment cause/create inflation/poverty/unemployment create/burst a housing/stock market bubble cause/trigger a stock market crash/the collapse of the banking system face/be plunged into a financial/an economic crisis be caught in/experience cycles of boom and bustPublic finance cut/reduce/slash/increase/double the defence/(especially US English) defense/education/aid budget increase/boost/slash/cut public spending increase/put up/raise/cut/lower/reduce taxes raise/cut/lower/reduce interest rates ease/loosen/tighten monetary policy balance the (state/federal) budget achieve/maintain a balanced budget run a ($4 trillion) budget deficit/surplus politics, vote compare slump see also baby boom Oxford Collocations Dictionary adjectivegreat, post-war, consumer, … verb + boomcause, create, fuel, … boom + nounperiod, time, year, … prepositionduring a/the boom, in a/the boom, boom in, … phrasesboom and bust See full entry See related entries: Economy, Trends popular period
- 2[usually singular] a period when something such as a sport or a type of music suddenly becomes very popular and successful The only way to satisfy the golf boom was to build more courses. on boat
- 3a long pole that the bottom of a sail is attached to and that you move to change the position of the sail See related entries: Parts of boats and ships, Travelling by boat or ship sound
- 4[usually singular] a loud deep sound the distant boom of the guns Oxford Collocations Dictionary adjectivebig, loud, deep, … verb + boomhear boom + verbecho prepositionwith a boom See full entry see also sonic boom in river/harbour
- 5a floating barrier that is placed across a river or the entrance to a harbour to prevent ships or other objects from coming in or going out for microphone
- 6a long pole that carries a microphone or other equipment Word Originnoun sense 4 late Middle English (as a verb): ultimately imitative; perhaps from Dutch bommen ‘to hum, buzz’. noun senses 1 to 2 late 19th cent. (originally US): probably from boom ‘a loud sound’. noun sense 3 and noun senses 5 to 6 mid 16th cent. (in the general sense ‘beam, pole’): from Dutch, ‘beam, tree, pole’; related to beam.Extra examples He was born during the post-war baby boom. The boom was fuelled by accelerated demand for consumer products. The deep boom of a foghorn echoed across the bay. We heard the sonic boom of a jet overhead. a boom in house prices a boom in real estate the baby boom generation the ordinary business cycle of boom and bust A sonic boom is produced when an aircraft travels faster than the speed of sound. The deafening boom of the explosion was heard up to 10 kilometres away. a boom year for exports a property/housing boom
boom
nounBrE BrE//buːm//; NAmE NAmE//buːm//
Economy, Trends, Parts of boats and ships, Travelling by boat or ship
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