Amplify

Quick meaning: Amplify is a verb meaning (transitive) To render larger, more extended, or more intense.

Meaning

(transitive) To render larger, more extended, or more intense.

More Meanings

1. (transitive, rhetorical) To enlarge by addition or commenting; to treat copiously by adding particulars, illustrations, etc.; to expand.
2. (transitive) To increase the amplitude of something, especially of an electric current.
3. (translation studies) To add content that is not present in the source text to the target text, usually to improve the fluency of the translation.

Example Sentences

amplify a telescope

amplify the message

amplify a microscope

amplify the loudspeaker

Word Forms

• amplifies
• amplifying
• amplified

Synonyms for amplify

Depending on context, synonyms include expand, blow up, magnify, inflate, exaggerate, hyperbolize.

Antonyms for amplify

Common opposites include minimize, understate.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include expand, overdraw, exaggerate, hyperbolize, overstate, magnify.

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