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enlarge

[en-lahrj] / ɛnˈlɑrdʒ /


Usage

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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).

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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

Today, producers are concentrated in the eastern provinces of Shandong and Anhui, where farmers churn out thousands of tons of foie gras by force-feeding ducks and geese to enlarge their livers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

Adenomyosis, is a condition often compared to endometriosis and occurs when where endometrial-like tissue grows into the muscular wall of the uterus, causing it to thicken and enlarge.

From BBC Apr. 23, 2026

Allison Febbo, general manager of Westlands Water District, said the plan to enlarge Shasta Dam “represents an important step toward advancing a long-overdue investment in water supply reliability.”

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 17, 2026

It's time to think bigger, to escalate the pamphlet campaign, to enlarge his circle so that more Germans learn the truth.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

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

As a performance piece for Timur, it further enlarges the transformational promise that Julia Bullock and Davóne Tines demonstrated in their recent staged recitals.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 22, 2024

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

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

Patients with enlarged arteries were more than four times more likely to have experienced a lacunar stroke.

From Science Daily Jul. 3, 2026

Finishes were changed, an enlarged primary suite was completed, an additional guest suite was added, and the guesthouse was completely remodeled, listing agent Greer previously explained.

From MarketWatch Jun. 29, 2026

In March 2024, he underwent hernia surgery, before having the operation on his enlarged prostate in December of the same year.

From Barron's Jun. 10, 2026

Our attitudes were made, defined, set, or corrected; our ideas were discovered, discarded, enlarged, torn apart, and accepted.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright

If true, that would mean aging fat tissue could continue growing not just by enlarging existing cells, but by constantly adding new ones.

From Science Daily Jun. 27, 2026

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.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 27, 2026

But if your elastic wrapping paper has a pattern on it, stretching it this way will distort the pattern, enlarging some parts and not others.

From Slate Jan. 21, 2026

All cells there have the inmate’s name and photo posted outside, but staffers had to take the additional step of enlarging Girardi’s photo.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2025

But most asked few questions, being content to play what the dancing-master demanded; and most, like me, found pleasure in the old tunes and their enlarging.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson




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