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amplify
[ am-pluh-fahy ]
verb (used with object)
- to make larger, greater, or stronger; enlarge; extend.
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- to expand in stating or describing, as by details or illustrations; clarify by expanding.
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- Electricity. to increase the amplitude of; cause amplification in.
- Archaic. to exaggerate.
verb (used without object)
- to discourse at length; expatiate or expand one's remarks, speech, etc. (usually followed by on ):
The preacher amplified on the theme of brotherly love.
amplify
/ ˈæɪˌڲɪ /
verb
- tr to increase in size, extent, effect, etc, as by the addition of extra material; augment; enlarge; expand
- electronics to produce amplification of (electrical signals); increase the amplitude of (signals)
- tr to exaggerate
- intr to expand or enlarge a speech, narrative, etc
Derived Forms
- ˈˌھ, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- p·ھa· adjective
- v·p·ڲ verb overamplified overamplifying
- un·p·ھa· adjective
- ܲ·p·ھ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of amplify1
Example Sentences
Whether the music adds extra flavor to his raging action scenes or amplifies an episode’s lazy backstroke through existential loneliness, you feel his work’s best moments in your bones.
Right-wing media functions as an ideological machine, while left-wing content creation remains scattered, precarious, and too often detached from the movements and institutions that could amplify its reach.
Republicans have been amplifying his comments ever since.
The judge said they were being subjected to "industrially amplified daily concerts" outside their windows.
But experts and automakers have warned in dire terms that tariffs could raise prices for US consumers, amplifying the stress of an already sluggish economy.
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