Meaning

5 senses
  1. (transitive)To praise, glorify (someone or something, especially God).

  2. (transitive)To make (something) larger or more important.

    vergrößern

    увели́чиватьuvelíčivatʹ, увели́читьuvelíčitʹ

    збі́льшуватиzbílʹšuvaty, збі́льшитиzbílʹšyty

    make large

  3. (transitive)To make (someone or something) appear greater or more important than it is; to intensify, exaggerate.

  4. (transitive)To make (something) appear larger by means of a lens, magnifying glass, telescope etc.

  5. (intransitive, obsolete, slang)To have effect; to be of importance or significance.

Examples

44 sentences
  1. Tom reached for the magnifying glass.

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  2. Tom put the magnifying glass down.

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  3. Do you have a magnifying glass?

    ruУ тебя есть лупа?

    deHast du ein Vergrößerungsglas?

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  4. Let me borrow your magnifying glass.

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  5. You'll need a magnifying glass for that.

    deDafür braucht man ein Vergrößerungsglas.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to make larger:
Русский
By meaning 1
to make larger:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to make larger:

Origin

From Middle English magnifien, from Middle French magnifier, from Latin magnificāre, from

From Middle English magnifien, from Middle French magnifier, from Latin magnificāre, from magnificus.

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Forms

magnifies, magnifying, magnified, magnified
Base formmagnify · to magnify
3rd person singularmagnifies
Present participlemagnifying
Past simplemagnified
Past participlemagnified

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymagnify
he, she, itmagnifies

Past simpleLesson

all personsmagnified

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill magnify

Synonyms

33 synonyms

Word family

11 related words

Collocations

3 patterns
  • magnifying glass
  • a magnifying glass
  • with a magnifying

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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