Definitions for amplify

Definitions for (verb) amplify

Main entry: amplify

Definition: increase the volume of

Usage: amplify sound


Main entry: blow up, expand, amplify, inflate

Definition: exaggerate or make bigger

Usage: The charges were inflated


Main entry: magnify, amplify

Definition: increase in size, volume or significance

Usage: Her terror was magnified in her mind


Main entry: exaggerate, amplify, magnify, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, overdraw, overstate

Definition: to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth

Usage: tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery


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