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Meaning of dot-com bubble | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A historic speculative bubble based around the Internet, covering roughly 1997–2000.

historical

Equivalents

Deutsch Dotcom-Blase Internetblase
Português bolha ponto-com
Svenska it-bubbla
Türkçe dot-com balonu

Examples

“The excitement about bitcoin and blockchain is sort of like the dot-com bubble—if nobody in 2000 was quite sure what the internet was for.”
“That was part of what made the March reopening of Balthazar, a SoHo mainstay since the height of the dot-com bubble, unusual. Jay-Z and Beyoncé turned up for dinner. Nancy Pelosi came for breakfast. Patrons made out at their tables, took trips together to the bathroom.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

dot-coma dot-comer dot-commer Dot-matrix Dot-scanning DotA

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