amplify meaning

UK US /ˈæmpləfaɪ/ 3 syllables

amplify (verb): increase in size, volume or significance.

amplify has 4 meanings in this dictionary.

amplify as a verb

  1. increase in size, volume or significance
    • Her terror was magnified in her mind

    Synonyms: magnify

    Type of: enlarge

    Related forms: amplifier

  2. to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
    • tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery

    Synonyms: overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, magnify

    Type of: misinform

    Kinds: overemphasize, boast, embroider

  3. exaggerate or make bigger
    • The charges were inflated

    Synonyms: inflate, blow up, expand

    Type of: increase

    Kinds: puff up

  4. increase the volume of
    • amplify sound

    Type of: intensify

    Related forms: amplifier

How to pronounce amplify

amplify is pronounced /ˈæmpləfaɪ/ in American English. It has 3 syllables, with the stress on the first syllable.

Scrabble score: 17 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with AM · words ending in FY · 7-letter words

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