enlargement

[ en-lahrj-muh nt ]

/ ɛnˈlɑrdʒ mənt /

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noun

an act of enlarging; increase, expansion, or amplification.

anything, as a photograph, that is an enlarged form of something.

anything that enlarges something else; addition: The new wing formed a considerable enlargement to the building.

Words related to enlargement

growth, augmentation, amplification, spread, elongation, aggrandizement, extension

Words nearby enlargement

enkindle, enkolpion, enl., enlace, enlarge, enlargement, enlarger, enlighten, enlightened, enlightenment, enlil

Origin of enlargement

First recorded in 1530–40; enlarge + -ment

OTHER WORDS FROM enlargement

pre·en·large·ment, nounpro·en·large·ment, adjectivere·en·large·ment, noun

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Examples from the Web for enlargement

In the heart, it reversed age-induced cardiac hypertrophy (enlargement of the heart).
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And no one has done more to bring us that critical and creative freedom and enlargement of scope than Remy de Gourmont.
The Book of Masks|Remy de Gourmont
The enlargement of the judicial power of the department was to be effected by a different process.
Inquiry Into the Origin and Course of Political Parties in the United States|Martin Van Buren
Above all there is an enlargement of social and spiritual responsibility among the people.
State of the Union Addresses of Herbert Hoover|Herbert Hoover

He was seeking the enlargement out of prison of his cousin Henry Carew's 'distressed son.'
Sir Walter Ralegh|William Stebbing
Had he obtained the Royal Mercy or been acquitted, the day of his enlargement was to have been that of his marriage.
Historic Sites of Lancashire and Cheshire|James Croston

British Dictionary definitions for enlargement

enlargement

/ (ɪnˈlɑːdʒmənt) /

noun

the act of enlarging or the condition of being enlarged

something that enlarges or is intended to enlarge

a photographic print that is larger than the negative from which it is made

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