boom
noun /buːm/
/buːm/
Idioms - a 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
Wordfinder- boom
- business
- commerce
- embargo
- import
- market
- monopoly
- sanction
- tariff
- trade
Wordfinder- boom
- decline
- dip
- fluctuate
- level off/out
- peak
- plateau
- plummet
- slump
- trend
Collocations The economyThe economyManaging the economycompare slump see also baby boom- 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 boom
- 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 bust
- cut/reduce/slash/increase/double the defence/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
- impose taxes/austerity measures
Extra ExamplesTopics Successc1, Moneyc1- The boom was fuelled by accelerated demand for consumer products.
- a boom in house prices
- a boom in real estate
- the ordinary business cycle of boom and bust
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- great
- post-war
- consumer
- …
- cause
- create
- fuel
- …
- period
- time
- year
- …
- during a/the boom
- in a/the boom
- boom in
- …
- boom and bust
- [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.
- a long pole that the bottom of a sail is attached to and that you move to change the position of the sailTopics Transport by waterc2
enlarge image - [usually singular] a loud deep sound
- the distant boom of the guns
Extra Examples- The deep boom of a foghorn echoed across the bay.
- The deafening boom of the explosion was heard up to 10 kilometres away.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- loud
- deep
- …
- hear
- echo
- with a boom
see also sonic boom - a 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
- a long pole that carries a microphone or other equipment
in business/economy
popular period
on boat
sound
in river/harbour
for microphone
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.
Idioms
boom and bust
- a situation in which a period of rapid economic growth is followed by one of sudden decline
- High house prices encourage boom and bust and leave the economy vulnerable.
- Amid the inevitable boom and bust cycle, families are facing pay cuts and job losses.