verb (used with object),am·pli·fied,am·pli·fy·ing.
to make larger, greater, or stronger; enlarge; extend.
to expand in stating or describing, as by details or illustrations; clarify by expanding.
Electricity. to increase the amplitude of; cause amplification in.
Archaic. to exaggerate.
verb (used without object),am·pli·fied,am·pli·fy·ing.
to discourse at length; expatiate or expand one's remarks, speech, etc. (usually followed by on): The preacher amplified on the theme of brotherly love.
Origin of amplify
1375–1425; late Middle English amplifyen<Middle French amplifier<Latin amplificāre to increase, augment. See ample, -ify
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In removing accounts Tuesday, Twitter pointed to policies specifying, “You can’t artificially amplify or disrupt conversations through the use of multiple accounts.”
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It will accelerate rapid, perhaps chaotic, urbanization of cities ill-equipped for the burden, testing their capacity to provide basic services and amplifying existing inequities.
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Instead, they use it to amplify other projects that help them make money.