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magnifymag‧ni‧fy /ˈmæɡnɪfaɪ/ verb (past tense and past participle magnified, present participle magnifying) [transitive] magnifyOrigin: 1300-1400 French magnifier, from Latin magnificus; ➔ MAGNIFICENT VERB TABLEmagnify |
Present | I, you, we, they | magnify | | he, she, it | magnifies | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | magnified | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have magnified | | he, she, it | has magnified | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had magnified | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will magnify | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have magnified |
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Present | I | am magnifying | | he, she, it | is magnifying | | you, we, they | are magnifying | Past | I, he, she, it | was magnifying | | you, we, they | were magnifying | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been magnifying | | he, she, it | has been magnifying | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been magnifying | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be magnifying | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been magnifying |
- Binoculars magnify far-off objects.
- Her eyes were magnified by her thick glasses.
- Our lack of information magnified our mistakes.
- The image is magnified by a series of lenses within the telescope.
- This microscope can magnify an object up to forty times.
- This report tends to magnify the risks involved.
- But they were obvious to most people, even though they were magnified by those who didn't know him well.
- In doing so, he has magnified his reputation and career a thousandfold.
- On bad teams those inevitable difficulties tend to get magnified.
- Techshare gains were magnified by portfolio borrowings that last summer equaled about 15 cents for each dollar invested.
- Toy problems may converge in a reasonable amount of time; real problems may magnify the task beyond reasonable limits.
- Yet the former were magnified a hundredfold in terms of publicity.
- Your watchful siblings are the editors perched on your lamp shade, magnifying glasses poised to catch your mistakes.
to make something bigger► expand to make something bigger - use this especially about increasing numbers or amounts, or about increasing the size of a company or organization: · She intends to expand the company's operations in the US.· The university is planning to expand the number of students to over 20,000. ► grow to make a company or economy bigger and increase the amount of business that it does - used especially in business English: · All this is necessary if we are to grow the business. ► stretch to pull cloth, plastic, leather, etc so that it gets bigger and changes its shape: · Stretch the canvas so that it covers the whole frame. ► blow up/enlarge to make something bigger, for example a photograph or an image on a computer. Enlarge is more formal than blow up .: · That's a nice photo, why don't you get it enlarged?· If the opening is too small, you can always enlarge it later.· The new photocopier will enlarge documents by up to 100%.blow something up: · You should blow that picture up and frame it.blow up something: · This section of the print has been blown up so that the enemy's tanks can be clearly seen. ► magnify to make an image or detail bigger, especially by using a microscope: · This microscope can magnify an object up to forty times.· The image is magnified by a series of lenses within the telescope. ► extend British to make a building bigger by adding more rooms or more space: · The hotel has been recently renovated and extended.· We're thinking of extending the kitchen. NOUN► times· Everything Suzanna had made me feel was alive again, magnified a hundred times. 1to make something seem bigger or louder, especially using special equipment: At the Sheffield arena, the speakers were magnified ten times on a giant screen. A public address system magnifies all the little noises and coughs.2to make something seem more important than it really is SYN exaggerate: The report tends to magnify the risks involved.3formal to make something much worse or more serious: The results of economic mismanagement were magnified by a series of natural disasters. |