magnify, v.
(magnified, magnifies, magnifying)
freq. cnt. 6
(magnified, magnifies, magnifying)
freq. cnt. 6
increase in size, volume or significance
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 4
amplify magnify
sample sentences
"Her terror was magnified in her mind"verb frames
Something ----sSomebody ----s something
Something ----s something
verb frames
Something ----sSomebody ----s something
Something ----s something
lexical pointers
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lexical pointers
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semantic pointers
hypernym
make large
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
blow up enlarge magnify
sample sentences
"blow up an image"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingverb frames
Somebody ----s somethingverb frames
Somebody ----s something
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
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to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
<verb.communication> freq. cnt.: 15 freq. cnt.: 14 freq. cnt.: 1
amplify exaggerate hyperbolise hyperbolize magnify overdraw overstate
sample sentences
"tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingverb frames
Somebody ----s somethingverb frames
Somebody ----s somethingverb frames
Somebody ----s somethingverb frames
Somebody ----s somethingverb frames
Somebody ----s somethingverb frames
Somebody ----s something
lexical pointers
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lexical pointers
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lexical pointers
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