amplify

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verb

1. increase in size, volume or significance (Freq. 4)
- Her terror was magnified in her mind
• Syn:
magnify
• Derivationally related forms:
amplifier, magnitude (for: magnify), magnification (for: magnify)
• Hypernyms:
enlarge
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
- tended to romanticize and exaggerate this 'gracious Old South' imagery
• Syn:
overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, magnify
• Ant:
understate (for: overstate)
• Derivationally related forms:
magnification (for: magnify), hyperbole (for: hyperbolize), exaggeration (for: exaggerate), overstatement (for: overstate)
• Hypernyms:
misinform, mislead
• Hyponyms:
overemphasize, overemphasise, overstress, boast, tout,
swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster,
vaunt, gasconade, embroider, pad, lard, embellish,
aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. exaggerate or make bigger
- The charges were inflated
• Syn:
inflate, blow up, expand
• Derivationally related forms:
expansive (for: expand)
• Hypernyms:
increase
• Hyponyms:
puff up
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
4. increase the volume of
- amplify sound
• Derivationally related forms:
amplifier
• Hypernyms:
intensify, compound, heighten, deepen
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  inflate, blow up, expand, overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, magnify
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  understate, minimize, minimise, downplay