vverb.changemake largerExamples:- She enlarged the flower beds
Derivationally Related Form:enlargement
Hypernyms:increase
Inherited Hypernyms:enlargeincreasechange
Direct Hyponyms:deepenexpandream
Full Troponyms:billowdeependevelopexpandinflatereamreflate
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something | They --- their earnings this year (apply to: enlarge)
vverb.changemake largeTopic:photographypicture taking
Synset:blow up magnify
Antonyms:reduce
Derivationally Related Form:enlargerenlargementmagnifiermagnificationblowupmagnitude
Hypernyms:increase
Inherited Hypernyms:blow upincreasechange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.changebecome larger or biggerHypernyms:grow
Inherited Hypernyms:enlargegrowincreasechange magnitudechange
Direct Hyponyms:amplifymagnify
Full Troponyms:magnify
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Their earnings --- this year (apply to: enlarge)
vverb.communicationadd details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writingSynset:dilate elaborate expand expatiate exposit expound flesh out lucubrate
Examples:- She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation
Antonyms:contract
Derivationally Related Form:elaborationexpositionexpositoryenlargementexpoundinglucubrationexpansionexponentexpatiationdilation
Hypernyms:clarify clear up elucidate
Inherited Hypernyms:elaborateclarifyexplaininformcommunicateinteractact
Direct Hyponyms:detailexemplifyexpositexpoundillustrateinstanceparticulariseparticularizeset forthspecialisespecializespecify
Full Troponyms:actualizeblock outdelineatedescribedetailexemplifypremiserepresentset forthsketchspecifyspell outsymbolize
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s | Something ---s something | Somebody ---s PP | They --- that there was a traffic accident (apply to: elaborate, enlarge, expatiate)