magnify
/'mægnifai/
Definition
- Verb:
- To make something appear larger than it actually is: To increase the apparent size of an object, typically using an optical instrument like a lens or microscope.
- To exaggerate or overstate: To describe something as greater, more important, or more serious than it really is; to amplify beyond the truth.
- To increase the significance or intensity of something: To cause a feeling, problem, or effect to seem more important or severe.
Examples of Usage
- Verb:
- A microscope can magnify a tiny cell so that we can see its structure.
- He tends to magnify small problems, turning them into major crises.
- Fear can magnify the perceived threat of a harmless situation.
Advanced Usage
- "to magnify the importance of": to treat something as much more important than it is.
- The media often magnifies the importance of celebrity gossip.
- "to magnify a sound/image": to amplify a sound or enlarge a digital image.
- The software allows you to magnify the image without losing too much detail.
Variants and Related Words
- Magnification (n): The process of magnifying or the degree to which something is magnified.
- The magnification of the telescope is 50x.
- Magnifier (n): A lens or device used to magnify objects.
- She used a magnifier to read the fine print.
- Magnifying (adj): Serving to magnify.
- A magnifying glass.
Synonyms
- Enlarge: To make or become bigger.
- Amplify: To increase the volume or intensity; to expand upon.
- Exaggerate: To represent something as being larger, better, or worse than it really is.
- Overstate: To state too strongly; to exaggerate.
Antonyms
- Minimize: To represent something as less important than it is; to reduce.
- Reduce: To make smaller or less in amount, degree, or size.
- Understate: To describe or represent something as less than it is.
Related Phrases
- Magnify out of proportion: To exaggerate something excessively.
- By constantly worrying, she magnified the issue out of all proportion.
Verb
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make large
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blow up an image
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to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
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tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery
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increase in size, volume or significance
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Her terror was magnified in her mind
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