enlarge
verb (used with object)
to make larger; increase in extent, bulk, or quantity; add to.
has been enlarging
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present perfect progressiveof enlarge (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Navy EP-3 reconnaissance plane as it cruised over the South China Sea, where China has been enlarging reefs and building airstrips on them.
From Time ● May 22, 2016
In recent months Moscow has been enlarging its Pacific fleet and trying to negotiate fishing agreements with a number of Pacific countries.
From Time Magazine Archive
There can be no question that from generation to generation since the introduction of Christianity the sphere of woman has been enlarging.
From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II by Elizabeth Cady Stanton
As this discussion has been going on, woman after woman has been enlarging the sphere allowed her.
From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I by Elizabeth Cady Stanton
