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| 1. | [ verb ] increase in size, volume or significance | |
| Synonyms: | magnify | |
| Examples: | : "Her terror was magnified in her mind." |
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| Related terms: | enlarge amplifier magnification exaggeration enlargement | |
| 2. | [ verb ] exaggerate or make bigger | |
| Synonyms: | expand inflate blow_up | |
| Examples: | "The charges were inflated" |
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| Related terms: | increase puff_up | |
| 3. | [ verb ] to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth | |
| Synonyms: | exaggerate magnify hyperbolize overdraw hyerbolise overstate | |
| Examples: | tended to romanticize and exaggerate this ``gracious Old South'' imagery" |
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| Related terms: | understate misinform boast overemphasize embroider exaggeration exaggeration | |
| 4. | [ verb ] increase the volume of | |
| Examples: | "amplify sound" |
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| Related terms: | intensify amplifier | |
| Similar spelling: |
amply amplifier ampul amplitude ample amblyopic amblyopia amble |
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