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US
/ˈmæɡnəˌfaɪ/
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[ UK /mˈæɡnɪfˌaɪ/ ]
[ UK /mˈæɡnɪfˌaɪ/ ]
VERB
-
make large
blow up an image -
increase in size, volume or significance
Her terror was magnified in her mind -
to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery
How To Use magnify In A Sentence
- To see an air molecule, one must use a complex microscope that can magnify an object over a million times.
- Then Kirwill retraced his route a second time, without the lamp and without a magnifying glass, comparing the ninhydrin prints with his own card of the prints of James Kirwill. Gorky Park
- You could, for example, take the Urban Birds or Marine Birds tours; familiarise yourself with the amphibians living in the ponds up on Montjuïc, or inspect the biodiversity of the Parc del Castell de l'Oreneta through a magnifying glass. 10 of the best outdoors activities in Barcelona
- Night always works better, but NO moon or little is optimal, some light is a pref for low light gear as it magnifys the ambient light. Cheeseburger Gothic » Gentlemen’s Club.
- Each cluster acts as a magnifying lens, greatly brightening a quasar's light.
- It seemed far-fetched to me: a typical example of the historian's tendency to magnify the importance of his speciality. TOY SHOP
- When you looked through the jar filled with water, you were looking through a magnifying lens.
- You really need a magnifying glass to appreciate all the fine detail.
- They do not grasp the broad situation and spend their time magnifying ridiculous details.
- Every instance of so-called household baptism has a phrase magnifying the idea of personal, conscious faith in the person baptized. Once a Methodist; Now a Baptist. Why?