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magnify
Meaning: to make something appear or seem larger than it actually is
magnify in a sentence
How magnify is used in real sentences:
A microscope can magnify a single cell until its parts become clearly visible.
Standing at the canyon's edge, Priya used her camera's zoom lens to magnify the distant hikers below.
“They magnified the sound pattern on the screen, and its faint marks grew tall enough to compare.”
— from the passage Signal in the Storm
Synonyms for magnify
Other words for magnify — enlarge, amplify and exaggerate — carry the same meaning.
- enlarge
- amplify
- exaggerate
Antonyms of magnify
Words that mean the opposite of magnify:
- shrink
- minimize
- reduce
Where it comes from
From Latin magnus 'great' + facere 'to make'
Word parts
- mag/magna — great, large, important
magnify: magn (great) + -ify (make) - -ify — turns a noun or adjective into a verb meaning make or cause to become
magnify: magn- (great) + -ify (make)
Memory hook
MAGNIfy — MAGNI means great/large, to make something look great in size.