amplify

Verb

Verb Forms: amplified, amplifying, amplifies

To increase the volume, size, or significance of something.
increase in size, volume or significance
to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
exaggerate or make bigger
increase the volume of
- "amplify sound"
To render larger, more extended, or more intense.
To enlarge by addition or commenting; to treat copiously by adding particulars, illustrations, etc.; to expand.
To increase the amplitude of something, especially of an electric current.
To add content that is not present in the source text to the target text, usually to improve the fluency of the translation.

Examples

amplify a microscope
amplify a signal
amplify a telescope
amplify an image on the screen
amplify the impact of the project
amplify the loudspeaker
amplify the message
Using a triple word score will amplify the value of even a short word.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English amplifiyen, from Old French amplifier, from Latin amplificare (“to enlarge”), from amplus (“large”) + facere (“to make”). See ample , equivalent to ample + -ify.

Synonyms

blow up, exaggerate, expand, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, inflate, magnify, overdraw, overstate

Antonyms

understate

Scrabble Score: 17

amplify: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
amplify: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
amplify: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 19

amplify: valid Words With Friends Word