Meaning of amplify in English

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Verb
amplify
Etymology
late Middle English (in the general sense ‘increase, augment’): from Old French amplifier, from Latin amplificare, from amplus‘large, abundant’
Definitions
1. increase in size, volume or significance
Examples
- « Her terror was magnified in her mind »
Derived terms
2. to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
Examples
- « tended to romanticize and exaggerate this 'gracious Old South' imagery »
Antonyms
Derived terms
3. exaggerate or make bigger
Examples
- « The charges were inflated »
4. increase the volume of
Examples
- « amplify sound »
Derived terms
- amplifier

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