blown-up

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [blohn uhp]
- /bloʊn ʌp/
- /bləʊn ʌp/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [blohn uhp]
- /bloʊn ʌp/

Definitions of blown-up word

adjective blown-up (of a picture, photograph, image, etc.) enlarged. 1
adjective blown-up damaged or destroyed by demolition, explosion, etc.: blown-up bridges. 1
adjective blown-up (of a ball, balloon, etc.) inflated. 1
adjective blown-up overexpanded; unduly large: a blown-up sense of importance. 1

See all 4 definitions of blown-up

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Origin of blown-up

First appearance:

before 1860

One of the 29% newest English words

First recorded in 1860-65

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Blown-up

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Blown-up

blown-up popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 46% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 57% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.