Definitions for Amplify
ˈæm pləˌfaɪam·pli·fy

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. magnify, amplifyverb

   increase in size, volume or significance

   "Her terror was magnified in her mind"

2. overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, magnify, amplifyverb

   to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth

   "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"

3. inflate, blow up, expand, amplifyverb

   exaggerate or make bigger

   "The charges were inflated"

4. amplifyverb

   increase the volume of

   "amplify sound"

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. amplifyverb

   To render larger, more extended, or more intense, and the like;used especially of loudspeakers, telescopes, microscopes, etc.

2. amplifyverb

   To enlarge by addition or discussion; to treat copiously by adding particulars, illustrations, etc.; to expand; to make much of.

3. amplifyverb

   To increase the amplitude of something, especially of an electric current.

4. Etymology: From amplifyen, from amplifier, from amplificare, from amplus + facere. See ample.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Amplifyverb

   Etymology: amplifier, Fr.

   1. To enlarge; to encrease any material substance, or object of sense.

   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.

   2. To enlarge, or extend any thing incorporeal.

   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.

   3. To exaggerate any thing; to enlarge it by the manner of representation.

   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.

   4. To enlarge; to improve by new additions.

   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.

2. To Amplifyverb

   Frequently with the particle on.

   1. To speak largely in many words; to lay one’s self out in diffusion.

   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.

   2. To form large or pompous representations.

   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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Amplifyverb

   to render larger, more extended, or more intense, and the like; -- used especially of telescopes, microscopes, etc

2. Amplifyverb

   to enlarge by addition or discussion; to treat copiously by adding particulars, illustrations, etc.; to expand; to make much of

3. Amplifyverb

   to become larger

4. Amplifyverb

   to speak largely or copiously; to be diffuse in argument or description; to dilate; to expatiate; -- often with on or upon

5. Etymology: [F. amplifier, L. amplificare. See Ample, -fy.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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.]

CrunchBaseRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Amplify

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   • Increase
   • Intensify
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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Amplify in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Amplify in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of Amplify in a Sentence

1. Jay Shetty:

   We equate distance with disrespect and we can sometimes respect someone more from the distance than you did in the intimacy because you weren't able to look beyond the parts of them that you couldn't deal with when you were close to them, but now that you're far from them, you can actually look over those places and amplify the good you do see in them.

2. Mike Murphy:

   Our job is just to amplify his story and what he's saying and we banked enough cash that nobody's turning our speaker off.

3. Silvio Carrillo:

   But that didn't make her abandon her fight. her murder is an act of cowardice that will only amplify Bertita's message to bring about change in Honduras and make this a better, more humane world.

4. April Reign:

   What I’m doing is attempting to amplify the discussion, the Academy can only nominate quality work that is made, so the onus still has to be on Hollywood to put those films out there.

5. Paresh Upadhyaya:

   Trade war concerns amplify the downside risk on global growth. That tends to be positive for the dollar and puts a drag on other currencies.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Amplify
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Amplify
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Amplify
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Amplify
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Amplify
6. ^ CrunchBase
   https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/amplify