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inflow

noun · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • CMU ARPABET: IH1 N F L OW2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The act or process of flowing in or into.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

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2

noun

Meaning 2

Anything which flows in or into.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • The inflow of air.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Influence from outside.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, figuratively, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To flow in.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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5

noun

Meaning 5

the process of flowing in

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: influx

Antonyms: outflow

Broader terms: flow

Narrower terms: inpouring, inpour, inrush

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: втичане (vtičane) — a flow in
  • Bulgarian: вливане (vlivane) — a flow in
  • Chinese Mandarin: 流入 (liúrù) — a flow in
  • Danish: indstrømning — a flow in
  • Finnish: sisäänvirtaus — a flow in
  • French: afflux — a flow in
  • German: Zufluss — a flow in
  • Greek: εισροή (eisroḯ) — a flow in
  • Japanese: 流入 (ryūnyū) — a flow in
  • Norwegian Bokmål: innstrømming — a flow in
  • Norwegian Bokmål: innstrømning — a flow in
  • Russian: прито́к (pritók) — a flow in