Meaning

4 senses
  1. (transitive)To render larger, more extended, or more intense.

    amplify the loudspeaker

    amplify a telescope

    verstärken, vergrößern

    увеличиватьuveličivatj

  2. (transitive)To enlarge by addition or commenting; to treat copiously by adding particulars, illustrations, etc.; to expand.

    ausschmücken

  3. (transitive)To increase the amplitude of something, especially of an electric current.

    amplify a signal. It's amplified so you can hear the audio.

    verstärken

    усиливатьusilivatj

    increase the volume of

  4. To add content that is not present in the source text to the target text, usually to improve the fluency of the translation.

Examples

14 sentences
  1. We need to amplify their voice.

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  2. They amplified their argument by new facts.

    ruОни подкрепили свой довод новыми фактами.

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  3. Silence often amplifies my thoughts rather than easing them.

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  4. Criticism from others amplifies the insecurities that constantly haunt me.

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  5. I just want to amplify my understanding of the world.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
render larger etc.:
increase amplitude:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
render larger etc.:
enlarge rhetorically:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English amplifiyen, borrowed from Old French amplifier, borrowed fro

Inherited from Middle English amplifiyen, borrowed from Old French amplifier, borrowed from Latin amplificāre, from amplus (“abundant, ample”) + -ficō. By surface analysis, ample + -ify.

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Forms

amplifies, amplifying, amplified, amplified
Base formamplify · to amplify
3rd person singularamplifies
Present participleamplifying
Past simpleamplified
Past participleamplified

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyamplify
he, she, itamplifies

Past simpleLesson

all personsamplified

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave amplified
he, she, ithas amplified

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill amplify

Synonyms

9 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

18 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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