Dictionary Entry
magnify
magnify is a 7-letter English word with 9 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To make great, or greater; to increase the dimensions of; to amplify; to enlarge, either in fact or in appearance; as, the microscope magnifies the object by a thousand diameters. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 18 · 9 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To make great, or greater; to increase the dimensions of; to amplify; to enlarge, either in fact or in appearance; as, the microscope magnifies the object by a thousand diameters.
- 2transitive verb
To increase the importance of; to augment the esteem or respect in which one is held.
- 3transitive verb
To praise highly; to land; to extol.
- 4transitive verb
To exaggerate; as, to magnify a loss or a difficulty.
- 5intransitive verb
To have the power of causing objects to appear larger than they really are; to increase the apparent dimensions of objects; as, some lenses magnify but little.
- 6intransitive verb
To have effect; to be of importance or significance.
- 7verb
make large
"blow up an image"
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- 8verb
increase in size, volume or significance
"Her terror was magnified in her mind"
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- 9verb
to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
"tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"
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