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am·pli·fy  (mpl-f)

v. am·pli·fied, am·pli·fy·ing, am·pli·fies

v.tr.

1. To make larger or more powerful; increase.

2. To add to, as by illustrations; make complete.

3. To exaggerate.

4. To produce amplification of: amplify an electrical signal.

v.intr.

To write or discourse at length; expatiate: Let me amplify so that you will understand the overall problem.

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[Middle English amplifien, from Old French amplifier, from Latin amplificre : amplus, large + -ficre, -fy.]

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amplify

Verb

[-fies, -fying, -fied]

1. Electronics to increase the strength of (a current or sound signal)

2. to explain in more detail

3. to increase the size, extent, or effect of [Latin amplificare]

amplification n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	amplify - increase in size, volume or significance; "Her terror was magnified in her mind" magnify enlarge - become larger or bigger
	2.	amplify - to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery" exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, overstate, magnify, overdraw misinform, mislead - give false or misleading information to overemphasise, overemphasize, overstress - place special or excessive emphasis on; "I cannot overemphasize the importance of this book" boast, brag, gasconade, shoot a line, vaunt, tout, gas, bluster, swash, blow - show off aggrandise, aggrandize, embellish, pad, embroider, lard, dramatise, dramatize, blow up - add details to
	3.	amplify - exaggerate or make bigger; "The charges were inflated" inflate, expand, blow up increase - make bigger or more; "The boss finally increased her salary"; "The university increased the number of students it admitted" puff up - make larger or distend; "The estimates were puffed up"
	4.	amplify - increase the volume of; "amplify sound" compound, deepen, intensify, heighten - make more intense, stronger, or more marked; "The efforts were intensified", "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her"; "Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness"; "This event only deepened my convictions"

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amplify

verb 1. expand, raise, extend, boost, stretch, strengthen, increase, widen, intensify, heighten, deepen, enlarge, lengthen, magnify, augment, dilate << OPPOSITE reduce

verb 2. go into detail, develop, explain, expand, supplement, elaborate, augment, flesh out, round out, enlarge on, expatiate << OPPOSITE simplify

Translations

amplify [ˈæmplɪfaɪ] vt → amplificar, aumentar (= explain); explicar

amplify [ˈæmplɪfaɪ] vt → amplifier

amplify [ˈæmplɪfaɪ] vt → verstärken;

(expand) (idea etc) → genauer ausführen

amplify [ˈæmplɪfaɪ] vt → amplificare

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amplify

v amplify [ˈӕmplifai]

1 to make larger, especially by adding details to. versterk, ondersteunيُوَسِّع، يُطيلувеличавамrozvéstforstærke; øge; forstørreerweiternεπεκτείνω, μεγεθύνωdesarrollaravardamaتوسعه دادن؛ بسط دادنlaajentaadévelopperלְהַרחִיבखासकर आवाज बढा़नाpovećatinagyítmemperbesarauka, styrkjaampliare; esagerare拡大する부연하다; 과장하다išplėstipaplašināt; palielinātmembesarkanuitbreidenforsterke, øke, forstørre; gå i detaljerrozszerzaćamplificara dezvoltaувеличиватьrozviesťrazširitipovećatiutvidga, ökaเพิ่มรายละเอียดgenişletmek詳述збільшуватиبڑھانا ، پر زور بناناphóng đại详述

2 to make (the sound from a radio, record-player etc) louder by using an amplifier. versterk, verhardيُكَبِّر، يُضَخِّم الصَّوتусилвамzesílitforstærkeverstärkenενισχύωamplificarvõimendamaتقویت کردن؛ بلند کردن صداvahvistaaamplifierלְהַגבִּירआवाज बढा़नाpojačatierősítmemperbesarmagnaamplificare増幅する크게 하다, 증폭하다(su)stiprintipastiprinātmenguatkanversterkenforsterkewzmacniaćamplificara am­plificaусиливатьzosilniťojačitipojačatiförstärkaขยายเสียงsesini yükseltmek放大підсилюватиآواز بلند کرناkhuyếch đại放大

n ˌamplifiˈcation [-fi-]

versterkingتَوسِيع، تَكْبِير، تَضْخِيمувеличаванеrozšíření, zesíleníforstærkningdie Erweiterung, die Verstärkungενίσχυση, διεύρυνσηamplificación; desarrolloavardus, võimendusتقویت صدا یا نیروlaajennus, vahvistaminenamplificationהַגבָּרָה, הַרחָבָהप्रवर्धनpojačanjekibővítés, nagyítás, erősítéspembesaranaukning, mögnunamplificazione拡大, 拡充확대, 부연sustiprinimaspaplašināšana; pastiprināšanapembesaranversterkingforsterkingwzmocnienieamplificaçãoamplificatorувеличениеrozšírenieojačanjepojačavanjeutvidgning, förstärkningการเพิ่มรายละเอียด; การขยายเสียงbüyütme, yükseltme放大збільшення; підсиленняکثرت ، وفورsự phóng đại放大

n ˈamplifier

a piece of equipment for increasing the strength or power-level of electric currents especially so as to increase loudness You need a new amplifier for your stereo equipment.versterkerمُكَبِّـر / مُضَخِّم الصَّوتусилвателzesilovačforstærkerder Verstärkerενισχυτήςamplificadorvõimendiآمپلی فایرvahvistinamplificateurמַגבֵּרध्वनि विस्तारकpojačaloerősítőalat memperbesar suaramagnariamplificatoreアンプ증폭기stiprintuvaspastiprinātājspembesarversterkerforsterkerwzmaczniaczamplificadoramplificatorусилительzosilňovačojačevalecpojačavačförstärkareเครื่องขยายเสียงamplifikatör放大器підсилювачبڑھانے والاbộ khuyếch đại放大器