magnify
[verb]
Synonyms:
- enlarge, amplify, blow up (informal), boost, dilate, expand, heighten, increase, intensify
- overstate, exaggerate, inflate, overemphasize, overplay

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Antonyms: belittle, minimize, minify
Related Words: augment, enlarge, increase, amplify, dilate, distend, expand, inflate, swell

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

mag‧ni‧fy /ˈmæɡnəfaɪ, ˈmæɡnɪfaɪ/ verb (past tense and past participle magnified, present participle magnifying, third person singular magnifies) [transitive]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: French; Origin: magnifier, from Latin magnificus; ⇒ magnificent]

1. to make something seem bigger or louder, especially using special equipment:
At the Sheffield arena, the speakers were magnified ten times on a giant screen.
A public address system magnifies all the little noises and coughs.

2. to make something seem more important than it really is Synonym : exaggerate:
The report tends to magnify the risks involved.

3. formal to make something much worse or more serious:
The results of economic mismanagement were magnified by a series of natural disasters.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

magnify
verb
ADV. greatly, highly, hugely The daring of his exploits had been hugely magnified by constant telling.
PHRASES magnify sth 10, 100, etc. times The picture shows the insect's head magnified ten times.

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