Amplify synonyms and antonyms
ăm'plə-fī'
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(Electricity) To increase the voltage of (a circuit).
(Intransitive) (used with on when used with an object) To give further detail or explanation (about).
To increase the size, volume, quantity, or scope of; enlarge:
increase (related)
To cause to become greater in size, amount, degree, etc.; add to; augment
To increase; to make larger or supplement.
reduce (antonym)
(Chemistry) To decrease the valence of an atom by adding electrons.
To raise in spirits; make proud or elated
To make intense or more intense; increase; strengthen
(Intransitive) To become longer.
To stuff, cover, or line with a pad or padding
To collect.
To cause (a tone, chord, etc.) to increase in loudness
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decrease (antonym)
To make (a quantity) smaller.
abridge (antonym)
To reduce the length of (a written text); condense:
condense (antonym)
To cause (a gas or vapor) to change to a liquid.
shorten (antonym)
To make short or shorter; reduce in length, amount, or extent
lessen (antonym)
The definition of lessen is to diminish or to cause something to be diminished or reduced.
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contract (antonym)
To reduce in size by drawing together; shrink.
To consider to be or cause to appear greater than is really the case; exaggerate:
To establish a basis for; found or ground:
(Idiomatic) To strengthen.
The definition of burgeon means to grow or blossom.
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To make larger; increase in size, volume, extent, etc.; broaden; expand
To increase in intensity, extent, or amount:
To allow (something) to develop or increase by a natural process:
To cause to seem or appear larger than is really so; increase the apparent size of, esp. by means of a lens or lenses
To go upward; rise:
(Intransitive) To grow in number.
To increase in number or spread rapidly.
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To increase in intensity, force, or speed:
(Idiomatic) To accumulate a debt.
(Intransitive) To rapidly grow out of proportion or control.
To rise or fly high into the air
(Idiomatic) to strengthen or reinforce; to add substance to
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Expatiate is defined as to give extensive details when speaking or writing.
To work hard; exert oneself to get or do something; strive
To raise to a higher moral, cultural, or intellectual level:
To bring or come to a high or higher position; raise or rise
explain (related)
To offer reasons for the actions, beliefs, or remarks of (oneself).
To state in exaggerated terms.
To exaggerate is defined as to stretch the truth or to make something seem bigger than it is.
To pull back too far:
To express with hyperbole.
Alternative form of hyperbolize.
understate (antonym)
To express with restraint or lack of emphasis, especially ironically or for rhetorical effect.
modulate (related)
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attenuate (related)
amplification (related)
attenuating (related)
resonant (related)
synthesize (related)
distort (related)
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