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Amplify Common

Origin: Latin suffix -ify

Amplify has 5 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

increase in size, volume or significance

"Her terror was magnified in her mind"

2

to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth

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

3

exaggerate or make bigger

"The charges were inflated"

4

increase the volume of

"amplify sound"

5

To render larger, more extended, or more intense.

Example Sentences
"Her terror was magnified in her mind" verb
"tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery" verb
"The charges were inflated" verb
"amplify sound" verb
Related Terms
Antonyms
minimize
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
enlarge misinform increase intensify
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
overemphasize boast embroider puff up
Rhyming Words
ify reify waify edify deify unify ignify nidify wikify verify ramify minify aerify ossify sanify finify munify ethify notify omnify
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