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English verb: amplify | |||
| 1. | amplify (change) increase in size, volume or significance | ||
| Samples | Her terror was magnified in her mind. | ||
| Synonyms | magnify | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | enlarge | ||
| 2. | amplify (communication) to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth | ||
| Samples | Tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery. | ||
| Synonyms | exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, magnify, overdraw, overstate | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | misinform, mislead | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | aggrandise, aggrandize, blow, blow up, bluster, boast, brag, dramatise, dramatize, embellish, embroider, gas, gasconade, lard, overemphasise, overemphasize, overstress, pad, shoot a line, swash, tout, vaunt | ||
| Antonyms | downplay, minimise, understate, minimize | ||
| 3. | amplify (change) exaggerate or make bigger | ||
| Samples | The charges were inflated. | ||
| Synonyms | blow up, expand, inflate | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | increase | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | puff up | ||
| 4. | amplify (change) increase the volume of | ||
| Samples | Amplify sound. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | compound, deepen, heighten, intensify | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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