amplify
verb/ˈæmplɪfaɪ/
/ˈæmplɪfaɪ/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they amplify | /ˈæmplɪfaɪ/ /ˈæmplɪfaɪ/ |
| he / she / it amplifies | /ˈæmplɪfaɪz/ /ˈæmplɪfaɪz/ |
| past simple amplified | /ˈæmplɪfaɪd/ /ˈæmplɪfaɪd/ |
| past participle amplified | /ˈæmplɪfaɪd/ /ˈæmplɪfaɪd/ |
| -ing form amplifying | /ˈæmplɪfaɪɪŋ/ /ˈæmplɪfaɪɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] amplify something to increase something in strength, especially sound
- to amplify a guitar/an electric current/a signal
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- [intransitive, transitive] (formal) to add details to a story, statement, etc.
- She refused to amplify further.
- amplify something You may need to amplify this point.
Word Originlate Middle English (in the general sense ‘increase, augment’): from Old French amplifier, from Latin amplificare, from amplus ‘large, abundant’.
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