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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Measles can cause the spleen to enlarge, making it more likely to rupture.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
Their stretched proportions reminded the scientists of Luffy's rubber body, which allows the fictional character to freely extend and enlarge his limbs.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
As Hamilton put it, we must enlarge “the sphere of our domestic commerce.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
Nothing has been done in the meantime to enlarge our shipbuilding capacity, or entice a larger or more skilled workforce.
From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026
Usually these forums discuss such things as a storm and whether or not it is coming, how to make a spring suit, and how to enlarge my house without destroying the life in the tree.
From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
The perspective suddenly enlarges as William launches an invasion fleet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
In his office, the commanding officer enlarges an image showing a swarm of speedboats carrying out such an attack.
From Barron's ● May 1, 2026
Far from distorting democracy, this diversity of substantial support often enlarges the range of ideas in public debate.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 24, 2026
"Being part of Nato brings us on an equal footing with all the other allies. It enlarges the possibilities for Finnish companies in the defence sector and beyond."
From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2025
The cell enlarges, begins making new DNA at a great rate, and turns into what is termed, appropriately, a blast.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
He clutched a photo of his late wife that had been enlarged for the television cameras.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
Artwork by his son Naviyd is featured on the walls, while an enlarged drawing of a tattoo that Usher has on his chin has been turned into a decorative ceiling mural.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
Developers acquired and enlarged the island in the 1920s, with the golf course and clubhouse developed at the center.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Its snout was shorter, its skull was more strongly reinforced, and its enlarged jaw muscles would have helped it snap down on larger prey.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 2026
Faces and buildings seem enlarged, exposing their scars.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
Constructing an accurate, full-scale replica involves far more than enlarging a drawing or arranging generic bones into a dramatic pose.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026
The governor also proposed a 14-week paid pregnancy disability leave for TK-12 and community college employees starting or enlarging their families.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026
"I think given where we are, we do need to be thinking and talking about extending it or enlarging it," the Labour peer told BBC Radio 4's Today programme on Friday.
From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2026
A “salon” of multiple smaller works introduced each section, enlarging on Mr. Whitney’s shift from gatherings of blunt, sometimes layered, rounded forms to the abutments of rectangles that have preoccupied him since the 1990s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 25, 2025
She didn’t know what the smell was but it was enlarging and she could almost see it, a foul brown cloud.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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