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suurentaa — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • amplify verb To increase the strength, volume, or intensity of something, especially a sound or signal.
  • enlarge verb To make something bigger, or to become bigger.
  • increase verb To become larger in amount, number, or degree.
  • magnify verb To make something look bigger, usually with a lens, microscope, or similar device.
  • maximize verb To make something as large, great, or effective as possible.
  • scale noun The size, extent, or proportion of something, especially compared to something else.
  • zoom verb To move very quickly, often with a humming or rushing sound.

Senses

suurentaa is used for these senses in English:

  • amplify (transitive) To render larger, more extended, or more intense.
  • blow up (intransitive, of a storm) To begin; to gather; to form.
  • enlarge (transitive) To make (something) larger.
  • increase (transitive) To make (a quantity, etc.) larger.
  • magnify (transitive) To make (something) larger or more important. [from 14th c.]
  • maximize (computing, graphical user interface) To expand (a window) to fill the main display area.
  • scale (transitive) To change the size of something whilst maintaining proportion; especially to change a process in order to produce much larger amounts of the final product.
  • zoom (photography) To change the focal length of a zoom lens.

amplify — full definition

  1. verb To increase the strength, volume, or intensity of something, especially a sound or signal.
  2. verb To explain or develop an idea in greater detail.

enlarge — full definition

  1. verb To make something bigger, or to become bigger.
  2. verb To speak or write about a subject at greater length.

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