| VERB | change | magnify, amplify | increase in size, volume or significance |
|---|---|---|---|
| communication | magnify, overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, amplify | to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth | |
| change | magnify, blow up, enlarge | make large |
| Sounds | mae'gnahfay. | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | acidify ... vilify: 78 rhymes with fay... | |
| Meaning | increase in size, volume or significance. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonym | amplify | |
| Broader | enlarge | Become larger or bigger |
| Spanish | amplificar, magnificar | |
| Catalan | amplificar, magnificar | |
| Nouns | magnification | the act of expanding something in apparent size |
| magnification | a photographic print that has been enlarged | |
| magnification | making to seem more important than it really is | |
| magnification | the ratio of the size of an image to the size of the object | |
| magnitude | the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small) | |
| magnitude | relative importance | |
| Meaning | To enlarge beyond bounds or the truth. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, amplify | |
| Narrower | boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade | show off |
| embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise | add details to | |
| overemphasize, overemphasise, overstress | place special or excessive emphasis on | |
| Broader | misinform, mislead | Give false / false or misleading information to |
| Opposite | understate, minimize, minimise, downplay | represent as less significant or important |
| Spanish | ampliar, exagerar, magnificar | |
| Catalan | ampliar, exagerar, magnificar | |
| Nouns | magnification | making to seem more important than it really is |
| Meaning | make large. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | blow up, enlarge | |
| Category | photography, picture taking | The act of taking and printing photographs |
| Broader | increase | make bigger or more |
| Opposite | reduce, scale down | make smaller |
| Spanish | agrandar, ampliar, aumentar, engrandecer | |
| Catalan | ampliar, engrandir | |
| Nouns | magnification | a photographic print that has been enlarged |
| magnification | the ratio of the size of an image to the size of the object | |
| magnifier | a scientific instrument that magnifies an image | |
| magnitude | the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small) | |
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