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magnify

magnify /ˈmægnəˌfaɪ/ verb
magnifies; magnified; magnifying
magnify
/ˈmægnəˌfaɪ/
verb
magnifies; magnified; magnifying
Learner's definition of MAGNIFY
[+ object]
: to make (something) greater增大;增强
: to make (something) seem greater or more important than it is夸大
: to make (something) appear larger放大

— magnifier

/ˈmægnəˌfajɚ/ noun, plural magnifiers [count]
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 11203 COCA: 9568

magnify

verb

mag·​ni·​fy ˈmag-nə-ˌfī How to pronounce magnify (audio)
magnified; magnifying

transitive verb

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 enlarge in fact or in appearance
The lens magnified the image 100 times.

intransitive verb

: to have the power of causing objects to appear larger than they are
a glass that magnifies greatly

Example Sentences

The sound was magnified by the calm air. His failures have been magnified by the success of his friends. I don't want to magnify the importance of these problems. The lens magnified the image 100 times. a magnified view of the image
Recent Examples on the Web The digitized world is full of connected pathways that help magnify varying actions and extract valuable nuggets to nurture positive experiences. Sandeep Kumar, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2022 While vaccine misinformation and disinformation often take on localized contexts, anti-vaccine movements have effectively used social media to magnify their messaging across borders and communities. Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2021 There's also an option to magnify an area on screen with the stylus, which can be a useful feature. Scott Kramer, Forbes, 1 July 2022 But reviewing the deal's terms, and especially how its LBO-like leverage could magnify returns to equity holders, provides some hints. Shawn Tully, Fortune, 10 May 2022 This was a good example of something called the spotlight effect, which is a tendency to magnify and misjudge the amount of attention your behavior attracts from other people. Melody Wilding, Forbes, 9 Aug. 2022 The goal is that the new location will help magnify the brand in the global market, which the company’s CEO thinks will eventually be about 90 percent of Dassai’s business. Tori Latham, Robb Report, 1 Aug. 2022 This massive galaxy cluster is known because of the foreground clusters that magnify and distort light behind them. Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 10 July 2022 Webb will also show us a galaxy cluster known as SMACS 0723, where galaxies distort and magnify the light emanating from other objects behind them, a cosmic quirk that allows telescopes to spot very distant and faint galaxies farther out. Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 8 July 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English magnifien, from Anglo-French magnifier, from Latin magnificare, from magnificus

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of magnify was in the 14th century
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 11203 COCA: 9568
magnify

verb

ADVERB | PHRASES ADVERBgreatly, highly極大地誇大The daring of his exploits had been greatly magnified by constant telling.他的英勇事跡幾經傳頌已被極度誇大了。PHRASESmagnify sth 50, 100, etc. times將⋯放大 50 倍、100 倍等The picture shows the insect's head magnified ten times.這張圖片上顯示的是放大了 10 倍的這種昆蟲的頭部。

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