enlargement

American  

[en-lahrj-muhnt] / ɛnˈlɑrdʒ mənt /

noun

enlargements plural

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

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

3. anything that enlarges something else; addition.

   The new wing formed a considerable enlargement to the building.

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enlargement British  

/ ɪnˈlɑːdʒmənt /

noun

1. the act of enlarging or the condition of being enlarged

2. something that enlarges or is intended to enlarge

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

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• preenlargement
  noun
• reenlargement
  noun
• proenlargement
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• enlargements
  plural

Etymology

Origin of enlargement

First recorded in 1530–40; enlarge + -ment

Related Words

• augmentation
• growth