Canadian English Meaning of magnify
magnify
Other Canadian English words related to magnify
Nearest Words of magnify
- magnifying => magnifying
- magnifying glass => magnifying glass
- magniloquence => grandiloquence
- magniloquent => magniloquent
- magniloquently => magniloquently
- magniloquous => long-winded
- magnitude => magnitude
- magnitude relation => Magnitude relation
- magnolia => Magnolia
- magnolia acuminata => Cucumber Tree
Definitions and Meaning of magnify in English
magnify (v)
increase in size, volume or significance
to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
make large
magnify (v. t.)
To make great, or greater; to increase the dimensions of; to amplify; to enlarge, either in fact or in appearance; as, the microscope magnifies the object by a thousand diameters.
To increase the importance of; to augment the esteem or respect in which one is held.
To praise highly; to land; to extol.
To exaggerate; as, to magnify a loss or a difficulty.
magnify (v. i.)
To have the power of causing objects to appear larger than they really are; to increase the apparent dimensions of objects; as, some lenses magnify but little.
To have effect; to be of importance or significance.
FAQs About the word magnify
magnify
increase in size, volume or significance, to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth, make largeTo make great, or greater; to increase the dimensions of; to amplify;
enhance,exaggerate,colour,elaborate (on),embellish,embroider,expand,Exaggerate,pad,Stretch
belittle,minimize,understate,play down
magnifier => Magnifier, magnified => Magnified, magnificoes => Magnates, magnifico => magnificent, magnificently => magnificently,