amplify
[verb]
Synonyms:
- explain, develop, elaborate, enlarge, expand, flesh out, go into detail
- increase, enlarge, expand, extend, heighten, intensify, magnify, strengthen, widen

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Antonyms: abridge, condense
Contrasted words: abbreviate, shorten
Related Words: augment, extend, increase, unfold

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am‧pli‧fy /ˈæmpləfaɪ, ˈæmplɪfaɪ/ verb (past tense and past participle amplified, present participle amplifying, third person singular amplifies) [transitive]
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: French; Origin: amplifier, from Latin amplificare, from amplus; ⇒ ample]

1. to make sound louder, especially musical sound:
an amplified guitar

2. formal to increase the effects or strength of something:
These stories only amplified her fears.

3. formal to explain something that you have said by giving more information about it:
Would you care to amplify that remark?
—amplification /ˌæmpləfəˈkeɪʃən, ˌæmplɪfəˈkeɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]

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