Definition of amplify - WordReference.com Dictionary

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amplify
A	verb
	1	amplify
			increase the volume of; "amplify sound"
		Category Tree: change ╚change magnitude ╚increase ╚intensify; compound; heighten; deepen ╚amplify
	2	inflate, blow up, expand, amplify
			exaggerate or make bigger; "The charges were inflated"
		Category Tree: change; alter; modify ╚increase ╚inflate, blow up, expand, amplify ╚puff up
	3	magnify, amplify
			increase in size, volume or significance; "Her terror was magnified in her mind"
		Category Tree: change ╚change magnitude ╚increase ╚grow ╚enlarge ╚magnify, amplify
	4	overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyerbolise, magnify, amplify
			to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"
		Category Tree: act; move ╚interact ╚communicate; intercommunicate ╚inform ╚misinform; mislead ╚overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyerbolise, magnify, amplify ╚embroider; pad; lard; embellish; aggrandize; aggrandise; blow up; dramatize; dramatise ╚boast; tout; swash; shoot a line; brag; gas; blow; bluster; vaunt; gasconade ╚overemphasize; overemphasise; overstress

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