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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He has used the novel tack of publicly proclaiming his lack of independence to enlarge himself.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
It was adopted by Massachusetts schools in 2017 in an effort to provide students with a more accurate view of the world—one that doesn’t enlarge Europe and diminish Africa.
From Slate • Jan. 21, 2026
Remarkably, the cell's internal structures remain intact and stretch proportionally, allowing researchers to enlarge the specimen up to 16 times without using high-powered lenses.
From Science Daily • Nov. 2, 2025
Monday's eruption, which was accompanied by a thunderous roar, led authorities to enlarge the exclusion zone to a 7km radius from the central vent.
From BBC • Jul. 8, 2025
“I don’t know why they don’t let children come. Not enough room, I guess. They should enlarge the Releasing Room.”
From "The Giver" by Lois Lowry
Vocabulary lists containing enlarge
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