Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - amplify
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Amplify
amplify
~ v 1 to make a sound louder, especially musical sound (an amplified guitar) 2 formal to explain something that you have said by giving more information about it (Would you care to amplify that remark?) 3 formal to emphasize the importance of something (Successive reports amplified the case for privatisation.) - amplification n
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1.
(amplifies, amplifying, amplified) 1. If you amplify a sound, you make it louder, usually by using electronic equipment. This landscape seemed to trap and amplify sounds... The music was amplified with microphones... ‘This is the police,’ came the amplified voice from the helicopter. VERB: V n, V n, V-ed • amplification ...a voice that needed no amplification. N-UNCOUNT 2. To amplify something means to increase its strength or intensity. The mist had been replaced by a kind of haze that seemed to amplify the heat... VERB: V n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
2.
verb (-fied; -fying) Etymology: Middle English amplifien, from Middle French amplifier, from Latin amplificare, from amplus Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. to expand (as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis 2. a. to make larger or greater (as in amount, importance, or intensity) ; increase b. to increase the strength or amount of; especially to make louder c. to cause (a gene or DNA sequence) to undergo amplification intransitive verb to expand one's remarks or ideas Synonyms: see expand ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v. (-ies, -ied) 1 tr. increase the volume or strength of (sound, electrical signals, etc.). 2 tr. enlarge upon or add detail to (a story etc.). 3 intr. expand what is said or written. Derivatives amplification n. Etymology: ME f. OF amplifier f. L amplificare (as AMPLE, -FY) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
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1. увеличивать, расширять; усиливать to amplify the demand for a product by advertising —- повышать спрос на какое-л. изделие посредством рекламы 2. развивать; подробно описывать; сообщать подробности; приводить примеры, иллюстрации; уточнять to amplify a story —- рассказать историю более подробно 3. распространяться, останавливаться на подробностях to amplify on smth. —- распространяться о чем-л. 4. преувеличивать to amplify difficulties —- преувеличивать трудности 5. эл. рад. усиливать to amplify the sound from the radio —- увеличивать громкость звучания радиоприемника ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
6.
v. 1) расширять(ся) 2) развивать (мысль) 3) вдаваться в подробности, распространяться to amplify on smth. - распространяться о чем-л. 4) преувеличивать 5) radio усиливать Syn: see enlarge ...Англо-русский словарь
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- early 15c., "to enlarge or expand," from L. amplificare, from amplificus "splendid," from amplus "large" + the root of facere "make, do." Specific focus on sound seems to have emerged in the electronic age. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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