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noun

1. The act of increasing in dimensions, scope, or inclusiveness: expansion, extension, spread. See increase/decrease.
2. The act of increasing or rising: aggrandizement, amplification, augment, augmentation, boost, buildup, escalation, growth, hike, increase, jump, multiplication, proliferation, raise, rise, swell, upsurge, upswing, upturn. See increase/decrease.
3. The result or product of building up: accretion, buildup, development, multiplication, proliferation. See increase/decrease.

n

Definition: increase, expansion
Antonyms: abridgment, compression, decrease, lessening, lowering, reduction, shrinkage

A rule of civil procedure permitting a court to extend the expiration period for any act required or allowed to be done at or within a specified time. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 6(b).
Once cause is shown, the court may act in its discretion with or without motion or notice if the period has not expired; if the period has expired, the court can only act upon motion where the failure to act was the result of excusable neglect. Certain of the time periods found in specific rules may not be enlarged by this general rule, but can only be enlarged by conditions within those rules themselves. Id.

n

An increase in size.

For a list of words related to enlargement, see:

• Tools and Techniques - enlargement: print made larger than original negative

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Common misspelling(s) of enlargement

• enlargment

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