Enlargement synonyms and antonyms

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augmentation
(Music) a compositional technique where the composer lengthens the melody by multiplying the length of each note by the same number
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expansion
(Sports) The act or an instance of increasing the number of teams in a league
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addition
The definition of addition is the process of bringing two or more numbers or things together.
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aggrandizement
The act of aggrandizing, or the state of being aggrandized or exalted in power, rank, honor, or wealth; exaltation; enlargement.
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upturn
An upward turn, curve, or trend
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amplification
(Electronics) gain
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blowup
(Photography) An enlargement
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enlarged print
An enlarged photograph
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view
An intention or prospect.
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increase (related)
An increasing or becoming increased
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photograph (related)
The definition of a photograph is an image generally taken with a camera.
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picture (related)
An image; a representation as in the imagination.
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accretion
(Geology) The gradual increase of land by deposition of water-borne sediment.
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development
(Uncountable, biology) The process by which a mature multicellular organism or part of an organism is produced by the addition of new cells.
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dilatation
Dilation.
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dilation
A lengthy spoken or written discussion on a topic:
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elongation
The ratio of the extension of a material to the length of the material prior to stretching.
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ennoblement
(Uncountable) The state of being noble
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expatiation
An act of expatiating
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extension
A length of natural or synthetic hair added to a person's hair, as by weaving, gluing, or attaching with a comb at the scalp, to create a longer or fuller style
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growth
Development from a lower or simpler to a higher or more complex form; evolution.
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magnification
The ratio of the size of an image to the size of an object.
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decrease (antonym)
Amount of decreasing
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abridgment (antonym)
The act of abridging or the state of being abridged.
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lessening (antonym)
A growing lesser; reduction or decrease.
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lowering (antonym)
The act of something being lowered.
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shrinkage (antonym)
The amount of such shrinking, decrease, etc.
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reduction (antonym)
(Chemistry) A decrease in positive valence or an increase in negative valence by the gaining of electrons.
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compression (antonym)
The act or process of compressing.
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spread
A number of points offered to equalize the chances of winning in a wager on a competition, usually between sports teams.
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augment
(Linguistics) The prefixation of a vowel accompanying a past tense, especially of Greek and Sanskrit verbs.
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boost
A linear map from one reference frame to another in which each coordinate is increased or decreased by an independent constant or linear function. A boost corresponds to a shift of the entire coordinate system without any rotation of its axes.
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buildup
The act or process of amassing or increasing:
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escalation
The act of increasing or rising
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hike
The definition of a hike is a long outdoor walk, or an upward movement.
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jump
(Athletics) A contest in jumping
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multiplication
(Mathematics) The operation that, for positive integers, consists of adding a number (the multiplicand) to itself a certain number of times. The operation is extended to other numbers according to the multiplicative properties of positive integers and other algebraic properties.
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proliferation
(Countable) The result of building up; buildup, accretion.
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raise
(US) An increase in wages or salary; a rise (UK).
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rise
(UK, Ireland, Australia) An increase in someone's pay rate; a raise.
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swell
An increase in size, amount, extent, degree, etc.
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upsurge
A surge upward
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upswing
An upward swing or trend.
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elaboration
(Electronics) The process of taking a parsed tree of an abstract integrated circuit definition in a language such as Verilog and creating a hierarchy of module instances that ends with primitive (atomic) gates and statements.
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contraction (antonym)
The shortening and thickening of a muscle fiber or a muscle in action, esp. of the uterus during labor
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enlarged (related)
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liberalisation (related)
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ampliation
Enlargement; amplification
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Enlargement Sentence Examples

  • Some organs are subject to enlargement from deposition within them of a foreign substance (amyloid, fat, &c.).

  • It is the immediate cause of the phenomena of circumnutation, each cell of the circumnutating organ showing a rhythmic enlargement and decrease of its dimensions, due to the admission of more and less water into its interior.

  • There is, however, only one large lake in the state - Flathead (or Selish) Lake, which may be regarded as an enlargement of Flathead river; it is 27 m.

  • The growth of an organic being is simply a process of enlargement, as a particle of dry gelatine may be swelled up by the intussusception of water; its death is a shrinkage, such as the swelled jelly might undergo on desiccation.

  • In chronic cases the eventual effects are anaemia, melanosis, enlargement of the spleen and liver, and general cachexia.

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