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Definition of "enlargement" []

  • An act of enlarging or the state of being enlarged. (noun)
  • Something that enlarges; an addition. (noun)
  • Something that has been enlarged, especially a photographic reproduction or a copy larger than the original print or negative. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "enlargement" in a sentence
  • "Breast enlargement is not a human right [1] (at least in the UK)."
  • "Breast enlargement is not a human right (at least in the UK)."
  • "However, with the advent of high quality prenatal ultrasonography, ventricular enlargement is now routinely diagnosed in-utero."