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enlarge
[en-lahrj]
verb (used with object)
to make larger; increase in extent, bulk, or quantity; add to.
They enlarged the house by adding an east wing.
Antonyms: diminishto increase the capacity or scope of; expand.
We've decided to enlarge the company.
Antonyms: contractto make (a photographic print) larger than the negative by projecting the negative's image through a lens onto photographic printing paper.
verb (used without object)
to grow larger; increase; expand.
to speak or write at large; expatiate.
to enlarge upon a point.
enlarge
/ ɪnˈlɑːdʒ /
verb
to make or grow larger in size, scope, etc; increase or expand
(tr) to make (a photographic print) of a larger size than the negative
(intr; foll by on or upon) to speak or write (about) in greater detail; expatiate (on)
Other Word Forms
- enlargeable adjective
- enlargedly adverb
- enlargedness noun
- enlargingly adverb
- preenlarge verb (used with object)
- reenlarge verb
- unenlarged adjective
- unenlarging adjective
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
Not only did the University of California regents rebuff the stadium bid, they also decreed that no structure built on the Drake Stadium footprint could later be enlarged into a football stadium.
As these cysts enlarge and multiply, they damage the surrounding tissue and limit the organs' ability to function.
By 19, he was commanding an enlarged legion in the Second Punic War.
Assuming all shares are tendered, Northern Data shareholders would hold around 30.4% of the enlarged Rumble, they said.
Soon after, he was treated for an enlarged spleen.
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What are other ways to say enlarge?
To enlarge something is to make it larger or to add to it. How does enlarge differ from increase and augment? Find out on Thesaurus.com.
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