amplify
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am·pli·fy
(ăm'plə-fī') 
v., -fied, -fy·ing, -fies. v.tr.
To write or discourse at length; expatiate: Let me amplify so that you will understand the overall problem.
v., -fied, -fy·ing, -fies. v.tr.
- To make larger or more powerful; increase.
- To add to, as by illustrations; make complete.
- To exaggerate.
- To produce amplification of: amplify an electrical signal.
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
- 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.
- To express at greater length or in greater detail: develop, dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, labor. See explain/baffle.
- To increase markedly in level or intensity, especially of sound: elevate, heighten, raise. See increase/decrease.
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Definition: increase in size or effect
Antonyms: abridge, compress, condense, contract, curtail, decrease, lessen, reduce, shorten, summarize
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to enlarge or to increase in strength or effect, especially an electromagnetic, acoustic, or chemical signal.
| amplifier, amplification refractory mutation system, amplification | |
| amplimer, amplitude, amrinone |
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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
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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