amplify

(ăm'plə-fī')

v., -fied, -fy·ing, -fies.

v.tr.

1. To make larger or more powerful; increase.
2. To add to, as by illustrations; make complete.
3. To exaggerate.
4. To produce amplification of: amplify an electrical signal.

v.intr.
To write or discourse at length; expatiate: Let me amplify so that you will understand the overall problem.

[Middle English amplifien, from Old French amplifier, from Latin amplificāre : amplus, large + -ficāre, -fy.]

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verb

1. To make or become greater or larger: aggrandize, augment, boost, build, build up, burgeon, enlarge, escalate, expand, extend, grow, increase, magnify, mount, multiply, proliferate, rise, run up, snowball, soar, swell, upsurge, wax. Informal beef up. See increase/decrease.
2. To express at greater length or in greater detail: develop, dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, labor. See explain/baffle.
3. To increase markedly in level or intensity, especially of sound: elevate, heighten, raise. See increase/decrease.

v

Definition: increase in size or effect
Antonyms: abridge, compress, condense, contract, curtail, decrease, lessen, reduce, shorten, summarize

IN BRIEF: To make larger or louder.

The speakers amplified the music so much it hurt my ears.

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to enlarge or to increase in strength or effect, especially an electromagnetic, acoustic, or chemical signal.

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See words rhyming with "amplify."

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - forstærke
v. intr. - udbrede sig, tale vidt og bredt om, skrive vidt og bredt om

Nederlands (Dutch)
versterken, uitweiden, uitbreiden

Français (French)
v. tr. - amplifier
v. intr. - amplifier

Deutsch (German)
v. - verstärken, näher erläutern, erweitern

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - μεγεθύνω, δυναμώνω, ενισχύω, διευρύνω

Italiano (Italian)
ampliare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - amplificar, alargar

Русский (Russian)
увеличивать, расширять

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - ampliar, amplificar
v. intr. - ampliarse

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - utvidga, utveckla, förstärka

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
放大, 扩大, 增强, 扩展, 发挥, 详述

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 放大, 擴大, 增強, 擴展
v. intr. - 發揮, 詳述

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 을 확대하다, 부연하다
v. intr. - 상세히 설명하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 拡大する, 増幅する, 敷衍して説明する, 詳説する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يوسع, يكبر, يضخم, يبالغ‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הגדיל, האריך, הגביר עוצמת זרם‬
v. intr. - ‮הוסיף למה שנאמר או נכתב‬

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