Dictionary Definition
enlarge
Verb
1 make larger; "She enlarged the flower
beds"
3 become larger or bigger
4 add details, as to an account or idea; clarify
the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing;
"She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation" [syn:
elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, flesh out,
expand, expound, dilate] [ant: abridge]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɑː(r)dʒ
Verb
- make larger
Extensive Definition
- Enlargement of the European Union is the political process for integrating countries into the European Union.
- Homothety is a mathematical function for increasing distances and volumes.
- Enlargement (in fiction) is a theme in fiction, especially in science fiction and fantasy.
- An enlargement is a photographic print that is larger than the negative it is printed from, through the use of an Enlarger.
- Enlargement of the African Union
- Enlargement of the Arab League
- Enlargement of the United Nations
- Enlargement of NATO
See also
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
add to, agent provocateur, aggrandize, aggravate, amplify, annoy, augment, balloon, beef up, bloat, blow up, blueprint, boost, broaden, build, build up, bulk, bulk out, complete, crescendo, deepen, descant, detail, deteriorate, develop, dilate, distend, elaborate, elongate, embitter, embroider, enhance, enlarge upon, enter
into detail, evolve,
exacerbate, exaggerate, exalt, exasperate, expand, expatiate, explicate, expound, extend, fatten, fill out, go into,
greaten, grow, heat up, heighten, hike, hike up, hot up, huff, increase, inflate, intensify, irritate, jack up, jump up,
labor, lengthen, magnify, make acute, make worse,
maximize, mount, multiply, parlay, particularize, print, process, provoke, puff, puff up, pump, pump up, put up, pyramid, raise, rarefy, rehearse in extenso,
relate at large, rise,
sharpen, snowball, sour, spell out, spread, stretch, sufflate, supplement, swell, thicken, tumefy, unfold, up, upsurge, wax, widen, work out, worsen