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amplify

[ am-pluh-fahy ]

verb (used with object)

amplified, amplifying.
  1. to make larger, greater, or stronger; enlarge; extend.

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    Antonyms: ,

  2. to expand in stating or describing, as by details or illustrations; clarify by expanding.

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  3. Electricity. to increase the amplitude of; cause amplification in.
  4. Archaic. to exaggerate.


verb (used without object)

amplified, amplifying.
  1. 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

  1. tr to increase in size, extent, effect, etc, as by the addition of extra material; augment; enlarge; expand
  2. electronics to produce amplification of (electrical signals); increase the amplitude of (signals)
  3. tr to exaggerate
  4. intr to expand or enlarge a speech, narrative, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈˌھ, adjective
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • p·ھa· adjective
  • v·p·ڲ verb overamplified overamplifying
  • un·p·ھa· adjective
  • ܲ·p·ھ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of amplify1

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English amplifyen, from Middle French amplifier, from Latin ھ “to increase, augment”; equivalent to ample + -ify
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of amplify1

C15: from Old French amplifier, ultimately from Latin ھ to enlarge, from amplus spacious + facere to make
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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.

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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.

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Republicans have been amplifying his comments ever since.

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The judge said they were being subjected to "industrially amplified daily concerts" outside their windows.

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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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