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vergrößern — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • augment verb To make something larger or stronger by adding to it.
  • deepen verb To make or become deeper.
  • dilate verb To become or make wider, larger, or more open.
  • enhance verb To improve the quality, value, or appeal of something.
  • enlarge verb To make something bigger, or to become bigger.
  • expand verb To make something bigger in size, scope, or amount.
  • 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.

Senses

vergrößern is used for these senses in English:

  • blow up (intransitive, of a storm) To begin; to gather; to form.
  • dilate (transitive) To enlarge; to make bigger.
  • dilate (intransitive) To become wider or larger; to expand.
  • enhance To augment or make something greater.
  • enlarge (transitive) To make (something) larger.
  • expand (transitive) To change (something) from a smaller form or size to a larger one; to spread out or lay open.
  • expand (transitive) To increase the extent, number, volume or scope of (something).
  • increase (transitive) To make (a quantity, etc.) larger.

deepen — full definition

  1. verb To make or become deeper.
  2. verb To make or become more intense, serious, or extreme.
  3. verb To make or become darker in colour, or lower in tone or pitch.

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