Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The act or process of flowing in or into.

    the process of flowing in

  2. (countable, uncountable)Anything which flows in or into.

    The inflow of air.

    Zufluss

    прито́кpritók

  3. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)Influence from outside.

Examples

5 sentences
  1. He forgot to stop the inflow of water.

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  2. Foreign direct investment inflows have slowed in recent years.

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  3. Volatile aid and investment inflows have limited growth, and poverty remains high.

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  4. Algeria needs foreign capital inflows.

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  5. The report says that in the last decade, remittances have outstripped inflows of foreign direct investment to the least developed countries (LDCs).

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Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
a flow in:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a flow in:

Origin

From Middle English inflowen, equivalent to in- + flow.

From Middle English inflowen, equivalent to in- + flow.

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Forms

plural: inflows
Singularinflow
Pluralinflows

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the process of flowing in:influx

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

1 related words
Relatedinflood

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
inflow — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto