Origin: Latin
suffix -ify
Amplify has 5 different meanings across 1 category:
Verb
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
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