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Meaning: Increase in size, volume or significance Classified under: Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc. Synonyms: amplify; magnify Context example: Her terror was magnified in her mind Hypernyms (to "amplify" is one way to...): enlarge (become larger or bigger) Sentence frames: Something ----s
Meaning: To enlarge beyond bounds or the truth Classified under: Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing Synonyms: hyperbolize; hyerbolise; exaggerate; overstate; magnify; overdraw; amplify Context example: tended to romanticize and exaggerate this 'gracious Old South' imagery Hypernyms (to "amplify" is one way to...): misinform; mislead (give false or misleading information to) Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "amplify"): overemphasise; overemphasize; overstress (place special or excessive emphasis on) blow; bluster; boast; brag; gas; gasconade; shoot a line; swash; tout; vaunt (show off) aggrandise; aggrandize; blow up; dramatise; dramatize; embellish; embroider; lard; pad (add details to) Sentence frame: Somebody ----s something
Meaning: Exaggerate or make bigger Classified under: Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc. Synonyms: inflate; amplify; expand; blow up Context example: The charges were inflated Hypernyms (to "amplify" is one way to...): increase (make bigger or more) Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "amplify"): puff up (make larger or distend) Sentence frames: Somebody ----s something
Meaning: Increase the volume of Classified under: Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc. Context example: amplify sound Hypernyms (to "amplify" is one way to...): compound; deepen; heighten; intensify (make more intense, stronger, or more marked) Sentence frames: Somebody ----s something  "Cowards die many times, but a brave man only dies once." (English proverb) "Desire of God and desire of man are two." (Breton proverb) "Only the tent pitched by your own hands will stand." (Arabic proverb) "What good serve candle and glasses, if the owl does not want to see." (Dutch proverb) Useful links: Pronunciation of overemphasize Meaning of blow Pronunciation of gas Meaning of blow up Pronunciation of lard
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