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BOOM/buːm/

A boom is a period of sudden growth: a housing boom; a boom in tourism. Bust or slump is the opposite in economics. Boost is a smaller lift (already in the dictionary). Uncountable in a boom in + noun. Do not call a one-week sales spike a boom. Baby boom is a demographic sense.

Meaning

A period of sudden growth in business or popularity.

Examples

• “A tourism boom followed the new rail link.”
• “The housing boom left young buyers priced out, which is the economic sense.”

Good to know

a boom in + noun; housing / tourism boom. Opposite: slump / bust. Smaller: boost. Demographic: baby boom.

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