enlarge
Usage
What are other ways to say enlarge?
Enlarge means to make greater in size, extent, or range: to enlarge a building, a business, one's conceptions. To increase means to make greater, as in quantity, extent, or degree: to increase someone's salary; to increase the velocity; to increase the (degree of) concentration. Augment, a more formal word, means to make greater, especially by addition from the outside: to augment one's income (by doing extra work).Example Sentences
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A quick search in the database pulled up the exact same book, and I tabbed through to the first page, making sure the words were enlarged as much as possible.
From Literature
Updating the calculations for gold’s recent epic run, investment consultants Nicholas Conant and Mark Wood of Callan gave the cube some benefit of the doubt by enlarging it with all of the bullion since mined.
Far from distorting democracy, this diversity of substantial support often enlarges the range of ideas in public debate.
From MarketWatch
It should be enlarged to protect the Constitution and the rule of law.
From Salon
When she looked up, the magnifying glass enlarged her right eye, giving her the terrifying look of a cyclops.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
