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amplifyverb to express more fully and in greater detailafter filing a report of missing luggage, he was asked to amplify a bit as to the circumstances develop, dilate (on or upon), elaborate (on), enlarge (on or upon), expand, flesh (out) add (to), complement, supplementdiscourse, expatiate, ramble, run on abbreviate, abridge, condense, shorten compress, contractoutline, summarize, sum up to make greater in size, amount, or numberthe number of blood volunteers was significantly amplified by the promise of thank-you gifts to donors accelerate, add (to), aggrandize, augment, boost, build up, compound, enlarge, escalate, expand, extend, hype, increase, multiply, pump up, raise, stoke, supersize, swell, up boom, jump, skyrocket, spikebump (up), ratchet (up)also rachet (up)blow up, dilate, distend, inflatedraw out, elongate, flesh (out), lengthen, prolong, protract, stretchdevelop, enhance, heighten, intensify, magnifycomplement, supplementbeef (up), reinforce(also reenforce), strengthenmaximizeaccumulate, amass, collectfollow up, parlay abate, decrease, de-escalate, diminish, downsize, dwindle, lessen, lower, minify, reduce, subtract (from) abbreviate, abridge, curtail, shortencompress, condense, constrict, contractcut back, retrench to make markedly greater in measure or degreea fox's large ears serve to amplify such sounds as little critters skittering among stones accentuate, amp (up), beef (up), boost, consolidate, deepen, enhance, heighten, intensify, magnify, redouble, step up, strengthen broaden, enlarge, expand, extend, lengthenaccelerate, hasten, quickenemphasize, point (up), sharpen, stressaugment, enforce, reinforce(also reenforce), restrengthen, supplementmaximizeenliven, jazz (up)aggravate, exacerbate abate, moderate decrease, diminish, lessen, let up (on), reduce, subdue, tone (down), weakendwindle, recede, subside, taper (off), wanealleviate, ease, lighten expand, amplify, swell, distend, inflate, dilate mean to increase in size or volume.expand may apply regardless of the manner of increase (such as growth, unfolding, addition of parts).a business that expands every year amplify implies the extension or enlargement of something inadequate.amplify the statement with details swell implies gradual expansion beyond a thing's original or normal limits.the bureaucracy swelled to unmanageable proportions distend implies outward extension caused by pressure from within.a distended abdomen inflate implies expanding by introduction of air or something insubstantial and suggests a vulnerability to sudden collapse.an inflated ego dilate applies especially to expansion of circumference.dilated pupils in the 14th century |