amplify

Meaning

1. (transitive) To render larger, more extended, or more intense.
2. (transitive) To enlarge by addition or commenting; to treat copiously by adding particulars, illustrations, etc.; to expand.
3. (transitive) To increase the amplitude of something, especially of an electric current.
4. To add content that is not present in the source text to the target text, usually to improve the fluency of the translation.

Synonyms

magnify

enlarge

increase

augment

widen

extend

expand

aggrandize

dilate

exaggerate

heighten

strengthen

hyperbolise

overstate

reinforce

elaborate

hyperbolize

broaden

grow

blow up

overdraw

proliferate

corroborate

raise

scale up

escalate

step up

accrue

expatiate

boost

fortify

aggrandise

wax

inflate

intensify

multiply

play

propagate

ratify

reconfirm

rise

splay

spread out

substantiate

supplement

swell

thicken

reenforce

toughen

transistorize

Translations

amplificare

amplificar

verstärken

amplifier

aumentar

augmenter

agrandir

ampliar

erweitern

αυξάνω

amplificar

aumentare

ingrandire

vergroten

vergrößern

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈæmp.lɪ.faɪ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: amplifiyen

In summary

From Middle English amplifiyen, from Old French amplifier, from Latin amplificare (“to enlarge”), from amplus (“large”) + facere (“to make”). See ample , equivalent to ample + -ify.