Amplify

//ˈæm.plə.faɪ// verb

verb ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To render larger, more extended, or more intense. transitive

    "amplify the loudspeaker"

  2. 2
    increase the volume of wordnet
  3. 3
    To enlarge by addition or commenting; to treat copiously by adding particulars, illustrations, etc.; to expand. transitive

    "Troilus and Cressida was written by a Lombard author, but much amplified by our English translator."

  4. 4
    exaggerate or make bigger wordnet
  5. 5
    To increase the amplitude of something, especially of an electric current. transitive

    "amplify a signal"

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  1. 6
    increase in size, volume or significance wordnet
  2. 7
    To add content that is not present in the source text to the target text, usually to improve the fluency of the translation.
  3. 8
    to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth wordnet

Synonyms

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inflatemagnifyoverstateadd toagent provocateuraggrandize

Example

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"Climate change will, absent other changes, amplify some of the existing health threats the Nation now faces. Certain people and communities are especially vulnerable, including children, the elderly, the sick, the poor, and some communities of color."

Etymology

From Middle English amplifiyen, from Old French amplifier, from Latin amplificare (“to enlarge”), from amplus (“large”) + facere (“to make”). See ample , equivalent to ample + -ify.

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