Enlargement

/ɪnˈlɑːd͡ʒ.mənt/ · noun

Meaning

An act or instance of making something larger..

Definitions by Sense

1. An act or instance of making something larger.
2. (figuratively) A making more obvious or serious; exacerbation.
3. An image, particularly a photograph, that has been enlarged.
4. (obsolete) Freedom from confinement; liberty.
5. Diffuseness of speech or writing; a speaking at length.

Example Sentences

Rick was ashamed about the size of his penis, so he had a penis enlargement.

Bathsheba underwent the enlargement of her husband's absence from hours to days with a slight feeling of surprise, and a slight feeling of relief; yet neither sensation rose at any time far above the level commonly designated as indifference.

Go, tenderness of years; take this key, give enlargement to the swain, bring him festinately hither.

Briefly, a discourse generally consists in some prefatory remarks which pave the way as it were for the enlargement upon which a speaker usually enters when he speaks to any purpose.

He could discover very little further interest in his breakfast and turned to the other papers for possible enlargement of the details.

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Word Forms

• enlargements
• inlargement

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