Magnify - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈmæɡnɪfaɪ|
Brit.
|ˈmæɡnɪfæɪ|
verb
- increase in size, volume or significance (syn: amplify)
- to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth (syn: amplify, exaggerate, overdraw, overstate)
- make large (syn: blow up, enlarge)
- to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth (syn: amplify, exaggerate, overdraw, overstate)
- make large (syn: blow up, enlarge)
Extra examples
The sound was magnified by the calm air.
His failures have been magnified by the success of his friends.
I don't want to magnify the importance of these problems.
The lens magnified the image 100 times.
Everywhere men magnified his valour, genius, and patriotism.
At the Sheffield arena, the speakers were magnified ten times on a giant screen.
A public address system magnifies all the little noises and coughs.
The report tends to magnify the risks involved.
The results of economic mismanagement were magnified by a series of natural disasters.
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: magnify
he/she/it: magnifies
present participle: magnifying
past tense: magnified
past participle: magnified
I/you/we/they: magnify
he/she/it: magnifies
present participle: magnifying
past tense: magnified
past participle: magnified
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