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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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1. a. : extol, laud. while they magnified the art, they often belittled the artist Havelock Ellis. b. : to cause to be held in greater esteem or respect. 2. a. : to increase in significance : intensify. real drama … will use ugliness to magnify beauty Alan Mickle. b. : exaggerate. magnifies every minor issue to crisis proportions. 3.
to make something look larger than it is, especially by looking at it through a lens: Although our skin looks smooth, when magnified it is full of bumps and holes. to make a problem bigger or more important: The hot summer magnified the racial tensions in the community. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
MAGNIFY meaning: 1. to make something look larger than it is, especially by looking at it through a lens: 2. to…. Learn more.
to cause to seem greater or more important; attribute too much importance to; exaggerate: to magnify one's difficulties. Synonyms: overstate. Antonyms: minimize. to make more exciting; intensify; dramatize; heighten: The playwright magnified the conflict to get her point across. Archaic. to extol; praise: to magnify the Lord.
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.
verb. /ˈmæɡnɪfaɪ/ Verb Forms. magnify something (to/by something) to make something look bigger than it really is, for example by using a lens or microscope synonym enlarge. bacteria magnified to 1 000 times their actual size. an image magnified by a factor of 4. The picture shows the insect’s head magnified ten times. Topics Engineering c1.
To magnify something means to increase its effect, size, loudness, or intensity.
