magnify

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verb

1. increase in size, volume or significance (Freq. 4)
- Her terror was magnified in her mind
• Syn:
amplify
• Derivationally related forms:
amplifier (for: amplify), magnitude, magnification
• Hypernyms:
enlarge
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth (Freq. 1)
- tended to romanticize and exaggerate this 'gracious Old South' imagery
• Syn:
overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, amplify
• Ant:
understate (for: overstate)
• Derivationally related forms:
magnification, hyperbole (for: hyperbolize), exaggeration (for: exaggerate), overstatement (for: overstate)
• Hypernyms:
misinform, mislead
• Hyponyms:
overemphasize, overemphasise, overstress, boast, tout,
swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster,
vaunt, gasconade, embroider, pad, lard, embellish,
aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. make large (Freq. 1)
- blow up an image
• Syn:
blow up, enlarge
• Ant:
reduce (for: blow up)
• Derivationally related forms:
magnitude, magnification, magnifier, enlargement (for: enlarge), enlarger (for: enlarge), blowup (for: blow up)
• Topics:
photography, picture taking
• Hypernyms:
increase
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  blow up, enlarge, overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, amplify
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  reduce, scale down, understate, minimize, minimise, downplay