enlargement
/ɪnˈlɑːdʒm(ə)nt
/ /ɛnˈlɑːdʒm(ə)nt/noun
1 [mass noun] The action or state of enlarging or being enlarged: talks on the enlargement of the EU [count noun]: nine new stores and two major enlargements are planned...
- In sum, the changes prompted by enlargement will have a major impact upon the future shape and identity of the Union.
- In adults, growth hormone causes enlargement of soft tissues throughout the body.
- But these changes are necessary for enlargement, and they are not particularly major.
Synonyms
expansion, growth, increase in size, extension, amplification, augmentation, topping up, building up, addition, supplementing;
magnification, intensification, multiplication;
stretching, swelling, distension, dilatation, blowing up, puffing up, fattening, filling out, ballooning;
widening, broadening, lengthening, elongation, deepening, thickening
literary waxing
rare tumefaction, intumescence
2A photograph that is larger than the original negative or an earlier print.Photographic enlargements of studios of famous artists at the beginning of the 1900s provide the background to a selection of objects that are similar to those these artiste might have owned....
- They are offering half price for enlargements printed for the Photo Exhibition.
- The next issue of the magazine carried a full-page enlargement of the same photograph.
Synonyms
blow-up, magnification, large print;
British enprint