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verb
- 1. make (something) appear larger than it is, especially with a lens or microscope: "the retinal image will be magnified" Similar Opposite
- 2. praise highly; glorify: archaic "praise the Lord and magnify Him" Similar
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Magnify means to extol, laud, intensify, exaggerate, or enlarge something. See synonyms, examples, word history, and related entries of magnify.
MAGNIFY definition: 1. to make something look larger than it is, especially by looking at it through a lens: 2. to…. Learn more.
to increase, cause to increase, or be increased in apparent size, as through the action of a lens, microscope, etc. to exaggerate or become exaggerated in importance. don't magnify your troubles. rare. tr to increase in actual size. archaic. tr to glorify.
To magnify is to make something bigger, whether in size or in significance. A magnifying glass makes things look bigger and when anything is magnified, it gets larger in some way. If your hunger is magnified, you've gotten hungrier.
Magnify means to make something look larger than it is, especially by looking at it through a lens, or to make a problem bigger or more important. See the Cambridge Dictionary for more details, synonyms, and usage examples.
Magnify means to make something appear larger, more important, or more intense than it really is. Learn how to use this verb in different contexts, with synonyms and pronunciation guides.
1. (General Physics) to increase, cause to increase, or be increased in apparent size, as through the action of a lens, microscope, etc. 2. to exaggerate or become exaggerated in importance: don't magnify your troubles. 3. ( tr) rare to increase in actual size. 4. ( tr) archaic to glorify.
