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Definition of "magnify" []
- To make greater in size; enlarge. (verb-transitive)
- To cause to appear greater or seem more important than is in fact the case; exaggerate: You have grossly magnified a trivial situation. See Synonyms at exaggerate. (verb-transitive)
- To increase the apparent size of, especially by means of a lens. (verb-transitive)
- To glorify or praise. (verb-transitive)
- To increase or have the power to increase the size or volume of an image or a sound. (verb-intransitive)
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Use "magnify" in a sentence
- "He said the attention stirred up by the ad helps to "magnify" the marketing message for the show."
- "On Sunday, Thomas Ricks reported in the Washington Post that the US military has been conducting a propaganda campaign to "magnify" the role of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq."
- "That requires ungainly software tools to "magnify" portions of the page in order to actually read the words."
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