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noun period of sudden increase ADJ. great | post-war | consumer, credit, economic, investment, spending | building, housing, property | oil | baby VERB + BOOM cause, create, fuel, lead to The boom was fuelled by accelerated demand for consumer products. BOOM + NOUN period, time, year | town PREP. during/in a/the ~ He was born during the post-war baby boom. | ~ in a boom in house prices PHRASES boom and bust/slump the ordinary business cycle of boom and bust deep hollow sound ADJ. big | deep | distant | sonic (= the explosive sound made when an aircraft flies faster than the speed of sound) We heard the sonic boom of a jet overhead. VERB + BOOM hear BOOM + VERB echo The deep boom of a foghorn echoed across the bay. PREP. with a ~
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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boom
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + boom
an economic boom
• the postwar economic boom
a property/housing boom
(= a sudden increase in house prices )
• People made a lot of money in the 1980s property boom.
a consumer/spending boom
(= a sudden increase in the amount people spend )
• Various factors caused the consumer boom.
a building/construction boom
(= a sudden increase in building work )
• There’s been a recent construction boom in the Gulf.
an investment boom
• the investment boom of the past few years
verbs
cause/lead to a boom
• Tax cuts sometimes lead to an economic boom.
trigger/spark a boom
(= start it )
• The lower interest rates triggered an economic boom.
fuel a boom
(= add to it )
• The energy crisis is fuelling a boom in alternative energy.
enjoy a boom
• Since then, China has enjoyed a remarkable boom.
boom + NOUN
the boom years/times
• the boom years of the late 1980s
phrases
go from boom to bust
(= change from doing very well economically to doing very badly )
• The Mexican economy went from boom to bust very quickly.
at the height of the boom
• They sold their house at the height of the boom.
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