amplify
/'æmplifai/
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Definition
- Verb:
- To increase the volume or strength of a sound or signal: To make something louder or more powerful, especially using electronic equipment.
- To make something larger, greater, or more significant: To expand in size, scope, or importance.
- To add details to; to expand upon a statement or narrative: To provide more information or explanation to make something clearer or more complete.
Examples of Usage
- Verb:
- The technician used a microphone to amplify the speaker's voice for the large audience.
- The discovery of new evidence served to amplify the importance of the investigation.
- Could you amplify your previous comment? I'm not sure I understand your point.
Advanced Usage
- "to amplify on/upon something": To elaborate or provide more details about a topic.
- The professor asked the student to amplify on her thesis statement during the presentation.
Variants and Related Words
- Amplifier (n): A device that increases the strength of electrical signals, especially sound.
- He plugged his guitar into the amplifier.
- Amplification (n): The process or result of making something larger, louder, or more detailed.
- The amplification of the sound was necessary for the outdoor concert.
Synonyms
- Intensify: To make something stronger or more extreme.
- Magnify: To make something appear larger or more important.
- Enlarge: To make something bigger.
- Augment: To make something greater by adding to it.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Amplify on/upon: To elaborate or expand in detail.
- In his book, the author amplifies on the ideas presented in his earlier articles.
Related Idioms
Verb
- increase the volume of
- amplify sound
- exaggerate or make bigger
- The charges were inflated
- to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
- tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery
- increase in size, volume or significance
- Her terror was magnified in her mind