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amplify

amp·lify

UK/ˈæm.plə.faɪ/ US/ˈæm.plə.faɪ/ uncommon

verb

1.

increase in size, volume or significance

  • “Her terror was magnified in her mind”
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2.

to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth

  • “tended to romanticize and exaggerate this”
  • “imagery”
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3.

exaggerate or make bigger

  • “The charges were inflated”
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4.

increase the volume of

  • “amplify sound”

Phrases

  • serial time-encoded amplified microscopy

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