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- pronunciation:
- maeg
nih
faI
- features:
- Word Parts
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
magnifies, magnifying, magnified |
| definition 1: |
to cause to appear larger.
A telescope magnifies the stars.- synonyms:
- exaggerate
- similar words:
- amplify, enlarge, expand on, inflate
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| definition 2: |
to cause to seem more important than it is.
She magnifies her troubles to get her parents' attention.- synonyms:
- exaggerate
- similar words:
- boost, glorify, intensify
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| related words: |
augment, compound, embroider, exaggerate, grow, overdo |
| derivations: |
magnifiable (adj.), magnifier (n.) |
The word magnify
contains the following parts:
magn, magna, magni, maj
Latin
root
that means great, large
  Example words:
- synonyms:
- maxi, mega, megal, megalo, -megaly, macro-
- antonyms:
- min, micro-
-fy, -ify, -efy
Latin
verb-forming suffix
that means make, cause to be, become
More about this word part:
The suffix group -fy
, -ify
, -efy
forms verbs from primarily Latin bases. When -ify
attaches to an English base, the base is an adjective (uglify, Frenchify) or noun (citify, zombify) usually having one syllable or two syllables ending in |i|. Verbs ending in -fy
have corresponding noun forms ending in -ion: as a rule, -ify
becomes -ification ( verify
, verification); -efy
becomes -efaction (putrefy, putrefaction). See also fac, fic, fec, fact, fect.
Example words:
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