Amplify

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To make larger or more powerful; increase.
  • v. To add to, as by illustrations; make complete.
  • v. To exaggerate.
  • v. To produce amplification of: amplify an electrical signal.
  • verb-intransitive. To write or discourse at length; expatiate: Let me amplify so that you will understand the overall problem.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To render larger, more extended, or more intense, and the like;—used especially of loudspeakers, telescopes, microscopes, etc.
  • v. To enlarge by addition or discussion; to treat copiously by adding particulars, illustrations, etc.; to expand; to make much of.
  • v. To increase the amplitude of something, especially of an electric current.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To render larger, more extended, or more intense, and the like; -- used especially of telescopes, microscopes, etc.
  • v. To enlarge by addition or discussion; to treat copiously by adding particulars, illustrations, etc.; to expand; to make much of.
  • verb-intransitive. To become larger.
  • verb-intransitive. To speak largely or copiously; to be diffuse in argument or description; to dilate; to expatiate; -- often with on or upon.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To make large or larger in volume, extent, capacity, amount, importance, etc.; enlarge or make more ample.
  • To expand in stating or describing; treat copiously, so as to present in every point of view and in the strongest lights.
  • Synonyms To expand, develop, extend, dilate, magnify.
  • . To grow or become ample or more ample.
  • To discourse more at length; speak largely or copiously; be diffuse in argument or description; expatiate; dilate: commonly with on or upon before an object: as, to amplify on the several topics of discourse.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. increase in size, volume or significance
  • v. to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
  • v. exaggerate or make bigger
  • v. increase the volume of
  • Verb Form
    amplified    amplifies    amplifying   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    enlarge    compound    deepen    heighten    intensify   
    Variant
    amplified   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    expand    dilate    expatiate    enlarge   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts