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 WebThe 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