0 past simple and past participle of boom --
2 to increase or become successful and produce a lot of money very quickly: --
The population of our country boomed during the 12th and 13th centuries, and by the end of the 13th century, it was about 6 million.
Trade and retail activity boomed in what was a remarkably stable economic climate.
While the petroleum industry certainly boomed during the revolutionary period, oil production began to decline drastically in the 1920s.
While during the war aggregate investment had fallen to very low levels (with net investment becoming negative), after the 1945 general election investment boomed.
This chapter centres on a figure whose life story is clearly not as a statesman or an engineer, but who boomed out modernity and nationalism.
In these countries, the economy boomed, and there was a considerable demand for records.
This sector boomed from 1984 to 1987 while the rest of the economy stagnated.
But as the lead industry boomed, these rights came under threat from a number of fronts.
