magnify

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈmaɡnɪfaɪ/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈmæɡnɪfaɪ/

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Verb

Plain form magnify

Third-person singular magnifies

Past tense magnified

Past participle magnified

Present participle magnifying

1. (transitive & intransitive) If you magnify something, you make it bigger, or you make it seem bigger.

   I need to magnify the words in my book because the letters are too small.

   Don't magnify your problems.

Related words

• magnifying glass
• magnification