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   En·large

   /inˈlärj/

   

   verb

   • 1. make or become bigger or more extensive: "they have renovated and enlarged the four-story building" Similar make/become biggermake/become largermake/become greaterincrease in sizegrowexpandextendamplifyaugmentbuild upadd tosupplementmagnifyintensifymultiplystretchswelldistendbloatbulgedilatesnowballmushroomblow uppuff upfattenfill outballoonwidenmake/become widerbroadenmake/become broaderlengthenelongatemake/become longerdeepenmake/become deeperthickenmake/become thickertop upinformal:jumboizeliterary:waxrare:tumefyintumesceprotuberateOpposite dwindlereduce
   • ▪ develop a bigger print of (a photograph): "very often a favorite photograph is enlarged and framed"

   Word Origin Middle English (formerly also as inlarge): from Old French enlarger, from en- (expressing a change of state) + large ‘large’.

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   What does enlarge mean?

   • When a photographer enlarges a photograph, she blows it up, or prints a much larger copy of it, and you can also enlarge an idea, or someone's understanding of it, by clarifying or explaining it. The Old French root of enlarge is enlargier, "to widen, increase, or make larger." "Enlarge."

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   What does enlarged mean?

   • [transitive, usually passive] to make a bigger copy of a photograph or document have something enlarged We're going to have this picture enlarged. be enlarged The images were enlarged to the size of a wall of a room. Definition of enlarge verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

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   What is a synonym for enlarge?

   • verb (used without object), en·larged, en·larg·ing. to grow larger; increase; expand. to speak or write at large; expatiate: to enlarge upon a point. The media could not be loaded, either because the server or network failed or because the format is not supported. Be A Success At Synonyms: Take The Synonym Of The Day Quiz!

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   What happens when you enlarge something?

   • When you enlarge something, you make it bigger. If you build a huge addition on the side of your house, you enlarge it. You can enlarge a sand castle by dumping another bucket of sand on it, or enlarge your hairdo by curling and teasing it.

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   enlarge: 1 v make larger “She enlarged the flower beds” Types: show 5 types... hide 5 types... expand make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity ream enlarge with a reamer deepen make deeper develop expand in the form of a series blow up , inflate fill with gas or air Type of: increase make bigger or more v make large Synonyms: blow up ...

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   Enlarge definition: to make larger; increase in extent, bulk, or quantity; add to. See examples of ENLARGE used in a sentence.

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   Enlarge definition: to make larger; increase in extent, bulk, or quantity; add to. See examples of ENLARGE used in a sentence.

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   enlarge definition: to become bigger or to make something become bigger: . Learn more.