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US
/ˌɛnˈɫɑɹdʒ, ɪnˈɫɑɹdʒ/
]
[ UK /ɛnlˈɑːdʒ/ ]
[ UK /ɛnlˈɑːdʒ/ ]
VERB
- become larger or bigger
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make large
blow up an image -
make larger
She enlarged the flower beds -
add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation
How To Use enlarge In A Sentence
- Elevated PSA levels may indicate prostate cancer or a noncancerous condition such as prostatitis, or an enlarged prostate. The Doctor is In
- Enlarged heart, medically called cardiomegaly, is not a disease, but a symptom of another condition. Foodconsumer.org
- When he discovered, in 1954, that dimethylnitrosamine was hepatotoxic he noticed that the poisoned livers contained enlarged cells similar to those seen in veno-occlusive disease.
- An autopsy today found the cause of Hammerdorfer's death was cardiomegaly and biventricular hypertrophy, which refers to an enlarged heart and enlarged ventricles. ABC News: Top Stories
- Soldiers resemble worker termites, except that they have enlarged brownish heads and strong, well-developed jaws.
- But with vast quantities of developable land in the expanding suburbs (as the circumference of the circle enlarges), regional home price indices post only small gains.
- Any enlargement of the prostate (cancerous or benign) can cause problems with passing urine.
- This place was afterwards enlarged, and converted into stables for horses; but the old name remained, and now most stables in London are called mews, although the word is derived from falconry, and the hawks have long since flown away. Old English Sports
- His eyes and forehead were enlarged; the bearded chin, and his mouth, which she'd thought so fine, almost vestigial. THE GREAT AND SECRET SHOW
- I know they can enhance reading, especially for the elderly because the font size can be enlarged. Times, Sunday Times