Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - magnify
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Magnify
magnify
~ v 1 to make something look bigger than it is (The photo shows a human embryo, magnified times.) 2 to make something seem more important than it really is (This report tends to magnify the risks involved.) 3 formal to make a problem much worst or more serious (The results of economic mismanagement were magnified by a series of natural disasters.) 4 biblical to praise God - magnifier n
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(magnifies, magnifying, magnified) 1. To magnify an object means to make it appear larger than it really is, by means of a special lens or mirror. This version of the Digges telescope magnifies images 11 times... A lens would magnify the picture so it would be like looking at a large TV screen. ...magnifying lenses. = enlarge ? reduce VERB: V n n, V n, V-ing 2. To magnify something means to increase its effect, size, loudness, or intensity. Their noises were magnified in the still, wet air. VERB: V n 3. If you magnify something, you make it seem more important or serious than it really is. They do not grasp the broad situation and spend their time magnifying ridiculous details... = exaggerate VERB: V n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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verb (-fied; -fying) Etymology: Middle English magnifien, from Anglo-French magnifier, from Latin magnificare, from magnificus Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. extol, laud b. to cause to be held in greater esteem or respect 2. a. to increase in significance ; intensify b. exaggerate magnifies every minor issue to crisis proportions 3. to enlarge in fact or in appearance intransitive verb to have the power of causing objects to appear larger than they are ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v.tr. (-ies, -ied) 1 make (a thing) appear larger than it is, as with a lens. 2 exaggerate. 3 intensify. 4 archaic extol, glorify. Phrases and idioms magnifying glass a lens used to produce an enlarged image. Derivatives magnifiable adj. magnifier n. Etymology: ME f. OF magnifier or L magnificare (as MAGNIFICENT) MAGNILOQUENT adj. 1 grand or grandiose in speech. 2 boastful. Derivatives magniloquence n. magniloquently adv. Etymology: L magniloquus f. magnus great + -loquus -speaking ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. увеличивать to magnify smth. four times —- увеличивать что-л. в четыре раза 2. преувеличивать to magnify an incident —- преувеличивать значительность происшествия; раздувать событие don't go magnifying his part —- не увлекайся и не приписывай ему больше, чем он в самом деле сделал 3. уст. восхвалять, превозносить 4. уст. кичиться, гордиться magnify oneself —- заниматься самовосхвалением ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- c.1380, from O.Fr. magnifier, from L. magnificare "esteem greatly, extol," from magnificus "splendid" (see magnificence). Meaning of "use a telescope or microscope" is first attested 1665. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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