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verb (used with object)
1.
to make larger, greater, or stronger; enlarge; extend.
2.
to expand in stating or describing, as by details or illustrations; clarify by expanding.
3.
Electricity. to increase the amplitude of; cause amplification in.
4.
Archaic. to exaggerate.
verb (used without object)
5.
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.
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Amplifying
is always a great word to know.
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Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English amplifyen < Middle French amplifier < Latin amplificāre to increase, augment. See ample, -ify
1375–1425; late Middle English amplifyen < Middle French amplifier < Latin amplificāre to increase, augment. See ample, -ify
Related forms
am·pli·fi·a·ble, adjective
o·ver·am·pli·fy, verb, -fied, -fy·ing.
un·am·pli·fi·a·ble, adjective
un·am·pli·fied, adjective
Synonyms
1. increase, intensify, heighten. 2. widen, broaden, develop.
1. increase, intensify, heighten. 2. widen, broaden, develop.
Antonyms
1. contract, reduce. 2. condense, abridge.
1. contract, reduce. 2. condense, abridge.
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Word Origin & History
amplify
mid-15c., "to enlarge or expand," from M.Fr. amplifier, from L. amplificare "to enlarge," from amplificus "splendid," from amplus "large" + the root of facere "make, do" (see factitious). Meaning "augment in volume or amount" is from 1570s. Restriction of use to sound
EXPANDseems to have emerged in the electronic age, c.1915, in reference to radio technology.
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