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magnify
[ mag-nuh-fahy ]
verb (used with object)
- to increase the apparent size of, as a lens does.
Antonyms:
- to make greater in actual size; enlarge:
to magnify a drawing in preparing for a fresco.
Synonyms: , ,
Antonyms:
- to cause to seem greater or more important; attribute too much importance to; exaggerate:
to magnify one's difficulties.
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
- to make more exciting; intensify; dramatize; heighten:
The playwright magnified the conflict to get her point across.
- Archaic. to extol; praise:
to magnify the Lord.
verb (used without object)
- to increase or be able to increase the apparent or actual size of an object.
magnify
/ ˈæɡɪˌڲɪ /
verb
- to increase, cause to increase, or be increased in apparent size, as through the action of a lens, microscope, etc
- to exaggerate or become exaggerated in importance
don't magnify your troubles
- rare.tr to increase in actual size
- archaic.tr to glorify
Derived Forms
- ˈԾˌھ, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- n·ھa· adjective
- v·n·ڲ verb (used with object) overmagnified overmagnifying
- ·n·ڲ verb (used with object) remagnified remagnifying
- ܲ·n·ھ adjective
- ܲ·n·ڲiԲ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of magnify1
Example Sentences
Wealth, real or perceived, can dictate access, status and opportunity - and the presence of the diaspora can magnify the class divide.
Given that Perkins is still fresh off the success of his excellent breakout film “Longlegs,” the frustration is only magnified.
“Everything is magnified and there’s pressure,” Wise said.
Every year, Indigenous people set small low-intensity fires to manage the landscape and clean out low-lying brush — a process that magnified the yield of their plants for medicine and craft-making.
He influenced the construction of rosters, which were designed to magnify his virtues, and rightly so.
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