Meaning of amplify in English
Verb
amplifyEtymology
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 significanceExamples
- « Her terror was magnified in her mind »
- 2. to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
Examples
- « tended to romanticize and exaggerate this 'gracious Old South' imagery »
Antonyms
- 3. exaggerate or make bigger
Examples
- « The charges were inflated »
- 4. increase the volume of
Examples
- « amplify sound »