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amplify::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, magnify, overdraw, overstate |
| Type of | misinform, mislead |
| Has types | embellish, embroider, gas, gasconade, lard, overemphasise, overemphasize, overstress, pad, shoot a line, swash, tout, aggrandise, vaunt, aggrandize, blow, blow up, bluster, boast, brag, dramatise, dramatize |
Examples of amplify
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Does the Agulhas Current amplify global temperatures during super-interglacials?
From the sciencedaily.com
The tests rely on a Polymerase Chain Reaction to amplify specific DNA sequences.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Fat has a flavour of its own, but it also helps amplify the flavour of the beef.
From the guardian.co.uk
Most private-equity firms use cheap borrowed money to amplify potential returns.
From the usatoday.com
If the writers see a wrestler is despised, they will amplify his bad-guy status.
From the orlandosentinel.com
The device can also amplify its flow, another important function of transistors.
From the newscientist.com
Amplify currently serves more than 200,000 educators and three million students.
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Amplify gives teachers, as both disciplinarian and educator, impressive control.
From the techcrunch.com
After the hearing, Alexander said he saw no reason to amplify Donilon's remarks.
From the sacbee.com
- Magnify: increase in size, volume or significance; "Her terror was magnified in her mind"
- Overstate: to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"
- Inflate: exaggerate or make bigger; "The charges were inflated"
- Increase the volume of; "amplify sound"
- (amplification) addition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail; "a few remarks added in amplification and defense"; "an elaboration of the sketch followed"
- (amplification) the amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input
- (Amplification (rhetoric)) In rhetoric, amplification refers to the act and the means of extending thoughts or statements to increase rhetorical effect, to add importance, or to make the most of a thought or circumstance. ...
- (Amplified (band)) Amplified is a rock band consisting of three young boys from Hong Kong. While from Hong Kong, they are primarily known in Japan. They were discovered through Sony Music Japan's International Audition, and signed to the Sony subsidiary DefSTAR Records. Their debut single, "Mr. ...
- (Amplified (Mock Orange album)) Amplified is Mock Orange's fifth album, released in Japan in September 2000 through EMI. It consisted of 5 songs each from 2 of their albums The Record Play and Nines & Sixes
