enlarge
verb (used with object)
to make larger; increase in extent, bulk, or quantity; add to.
are enlarging
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present progressiveof enlarge.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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That’s when corn plants are enlarging their kernels and need it most, reducing the excess that can leach into groundwater or run off into streams.
From Science Magazine ● Oct. 25, 2023
Construction crews are enlarging the port and building a big new parking lot.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2010
In an age when many film makers are enlarging timeworn genres like the gangster movie, the space opera and the weepie into Big Statements, Allen designs Mickey Mouse watches that run with 24-jeweled comic timing.
From Time Magazine Archive
Others are enlarging private plots, expanding their own private markets.
From Time Magazine Archive
Did you know that they are enlarging the secret tunnel in the new Friary so that Toxen Worm can get his getaway if the occasion should arise?
From The Sorrows of a Show Girl by Kenneth McGaffey
