magnify

verb

mag·ni·fy ˈmag-nə-ˌfī How to pronounce magnify (audio)

magnified; magnifying

transitive verb

: extol, laud

while they magnified the art, they often belittled the artist

Havelock Ellis

: to cause to be held in greater esteem or respect

: to increase in significance : intensify

real drama … will use ugliness to magnify beauty

Alan Mickle

: exaggerate

magnifies every minor issue to crisis proportions

: to enlarge in fact or in appearance

The lens magnified the image 100 times.

intransitive verb

: to have the power of causing objects to appear larger than they are

a glass that magnifies greatly

Example Sentences

The sound was magnified by the calm air. His failures have been magnified by the success of his friends. I don't want to magnify the importance of these problems. The lens magnified the image 100 times. a magnified view of the image

Recent Examples on the Web The digitized world is full of connected pathways that help magnify varying actions and extract valuable nuggets to nurture positive experiences.

Sandeep Kumar, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2022 While vaccine misinformation and disinformation often take on localized contexts, anti-vaccine movements have effectively used social media to magnify their messaging across borders and communities.

Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2021 There's also an option to magnify an area on screen with the stylus, which can be a useful feature.

Scott Kramer, Forbes, 1 July 2022 But reviewing the deal's terms, and especially how its LBO-like leverage could magnify returns to equity holders, provides some hints.

Shawn Tully, Fortune, 10 May 2022 This was a good example of something called the spotlight effect, which is a tendency to magnify and misjudge the amount of attention your behavior attracts from other people.

Melody Wilding, Forbes, 9 Aug. 2022 The goal is that the new location will help magnify the brand in the global market, which the company’s CEO thinks will eventually be about 90 percent of Dassai’s business.

Tori Latham, Robb Report, 1 Aug. 2022 This massive galaxy cluster is known because of the foreground clusters that magnify and distort light behind them.

Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 10 July 2022 Webb will also show us a galaxy cluster known as SMACS 0723, where galaxies distort and magnify the light emanating from other objects behind them, a cosmic quirk that allows telescopes to spot very distant and faint galaxies farther out.

Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 8 July 2022 See More

单词	magnifications
释义	magnify verb mag·ni·fy ˈmag-nə-ˌfī magnified; magnifying transitive verb 1 a : extol, laud while they magnified the art, they often belittled the artist Havelock Ellis b : to cause to be held in greater esteem or respect 2 a : to increase in significance : intensify real drama … will use ugliness to magnify beauty Alan Mickle b : exaggerate magnifies every minor issue to crisis proportions 3 : to enlarge in fact or in appearance The lens magnified the image 100 times. intransitive verb : to have the power of causing objects to appear larger than they are a glass that magnifies greatly Synonyms color elaborate (on) embellish embroider exaggerate hyperbolize pad stretch See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences The sound was magnified by the calm air. His failures have been magnified by the success of his friends. I don't want to magnify the importance of these problems. The lens magnified the image 100 times. a magnified view of the image Recent Examples on the Web The digitized world is full of connected pathways that help magnify varying actions and extract valuable nuggets to nurture positive experiences. Sandeep Kumar, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2022 While vaccine misinformation and disinformation often take on localized contexts, anti-vaccine movements have effectively used social media to magnify their messaging across borders and communities. Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2021 There's also an option to magnify an area on screen with the stylus, which can be a useful feature. Scott Kramer, Forbes, 1 July 2022 But reviewing the deal's terms, and especially how its LBO-like leverage could magnify returns to equity holders, provides some hints. Shawn Tully, Fortune, 10 May 2022 This was a good example of something called the spotlight effect, which is a tendency to magnify and misjudge the amount of attention your behavior attracts from other people. Melody Wilding, Forbes, 9 Aug. 2022 The goal is that the new location will help magnify the brand in the global market, which the company’s CEO thinks will eventually be about 90 percent of Dassai’s business. Tori Latham, Robb Report, 1 Aug. 2022 This massive galaxy cluster is known because of the foreground clusters that magnify and distort light behind them. Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 10 July 2022 Webb will also show us a galaxy cluster known as SMACS 0723, where galaxies distort and magnify the light emanating from other objects behind them, a cosmic quirk that allows telescopes to spot very distant and faint galaxies farther out. Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 8 July 2022 See More Word History Etymology Middle English magnifien, from Anglo-French magnifier, from Latin magnificare, from magnificus First Known Use 14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a Kids Definition magnify verb mag·ni·fy ˈmag-nə-ˌfī magnified; magnifying 1 : to enlarge in fact or appearance A microscope magnifies an object seen through it. 2 : to cause to seem greater or more important : exaggerate The problem has been magnified by rumors. Medical Definition magnify verb mag·ni·fy ˈmag-nə-ˌfī magnified; magnifying transitive verb : to enlarge in appearance intransitive verb : to have the power of causing objects to appear larger than they are magnifications noun plural of magnification as in exaggerations the representation of something in terms that go beyond the facts most movies don't deal in reality but in a magnification of reality where everything is more intense Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance exaggerations caricatures enhancements embroideries colorings hyperboles elaborations overstatements embellishments amplifications fabrications paddings misrepresentations pufferies superlatives hypes Antonyms & Near Antonyms understatements meioses disparagements belittlements
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