amplify, v.
(amplified, amplifies, amplifying)
freq. cnt. 4
(amplified, amplifies, amplifying)
freq. cnt. 4
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
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verb frames
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Something ----s something
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
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semantic pointers
hypernym
increase the volume of
<verb.change>
amplify
sample sentences
"amplify sound"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
exaggerate or make bigger
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1
amplify blow up expand inflate
sample sentences
"The charges were inflated"verb frames
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Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
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Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
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Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
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
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form