What does Amplify mean?
Definitions for Amplify
ˈæm pləˌfaɪam·pli·fy
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Princeton's WordNet
magnify, amplifyverb
increase in size, volume or significance
"Her terror was magnified in her mind"
overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, magnify, amplifyverb
to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
"tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"
inflate, blow up, expand, amplifyverb
exaggerate or make bigger
"The charges were inflated"
amplifyverb
increase the volume of
"amplify sound"
Wiktionary
amplifyverb
To render larger, more extended, or more intense, and the like;used especially of loudspeakers, telescopes, microscopes, etc.
amplifyverb
To enlarge by addition or discussion; to treat copiously by adding particulars, illustrations, etc.; to expand; to make much of.
amplifyverb
To increase the amplitude of something, especially of an electric current.
Etymology: From amplifyen, from amplifier, from amplificare, from amplus + facere. See ample.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Amplifyverb
Etymology: amplifier, Fr.
So when a great moneyed man hath divided his chests, and coins, and bags, he seemeth to himself richer than he was: and therefore a way to amplify any thing, is to break it, and to make anatomy of it in several parts, and to examine it according to the several circumstances. Francis Bacon, Essays.
All concaves that proceed from more narrow to more broad, do amplify the sound at the coming out. Francis Bacon, Nat. History.
For as the reputation of the Roman prelates grew up in these blind ages, so grew up in them withal, a desire of amplifying their power, that they might be as great in temporal forces, as mens opinions have formed them in spiritual matters. Walter Raleigh.
Since I have plainly laid open the negligence and errours of every age that is past, I would not willingly seem to flatter the present, by amplifying the diligence and true judgment of those servitours that have laboured in this vineyard. John Davies, on Irel.
Thy general is my lover; I have been
The book of his good acts; whence men have read
His fame unparallel’d, haply amplified. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.I feel age advancing, and my health is insufficient to increase and amplify these remarks, to confirm and improve these rules, and to illuminate the several pages. Isaac Watts.
To Amplifyverb
Frequently with the particle on.
When you affect to amplify on the former branches of a discourse, you will often lay a necessity upon yourself of contracting the latter, and prevent yourself in the most important part of your design. Isaac Watts, Logick.
I have sometimes been forced to amplify on others; but here where the subject is so fruitful, that the harvest overcomes the reaper, I am shortened by my chain. John Dryden, Fab. Ded.
amplifies, not invents; and as there was really a people called Cyclopeans, so they might be men of great stature, or giants. Alexander Pope, Odyssey, notes.
Webster Dictionary
Amplifyverb
to render larger, more extended, or more intense, and the like; -- used especially of telescopes, microscopes, etc
Amplifyverb
to enlarge by addition or discussion; to treat copiously by adding particulars, illustrations, etc.; to expand; to make much of
Amplifyverb
to become larger
Amplifyverb
to speak largely or copiously; to be diffuse in argument or description; to dilate; to expatiate; -- often with on or upon
Etymology: [F. amplifier, L. amplificare. See Ample, -fy.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Amplify
am′pli-fī, v.t. to make more copious in expression: to add to.—n. Amplificā′tion, enlargement.—adj. Amplificā′tory.—n. Am′plifier, one who amplifies: a lens which enlarges the field of vision. [L. amplus, large, and fac-ĕre, to make.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Amplify in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Amplify in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of Amplify in a Sentence
These platforms are like round-the-clock digital white supremacist rallies, creating online communities that amplify their vitriolic fantasies.
When you're a minority, no one is really asking you what your experiences feel like, so, in the BWPC, it's really about what we can do to amplify our voice and to provide our perspective because what we've reali?zed certainly in the last year is that it has been sorely missing in a lot of decision-making entities.
Where there is a Hillary Clinton, there are Republicans trying to manufacture or amplify crisis or scandal. That's what they do here, pretty soon we'll have a special investigative committee for every action that Hillary Clinton takes. There will be a special select committee on Hillary Clinton breakfast, Hillary Clinton lunch and Hillary Clinton dinner and what Hillary Clinton had in between. Just add this to the list.
If emerging market risk, coupled with low-growth European environment is affecting Fed decision making, sentiment uncertainty will amplify.
That's going to help us to amplify the sporting events, and to help educate these kids at those schools.
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