magnified Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb increase in size, volume or significance
    magnify; amplify.
    • Her terror was magnified in her mind
  2. verb to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
    overdraw; magnify; exaggerate; overstate; hyperbolize; hyperbolise; amplify.
    • tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery
  3. verb make large
    blow up; enlarge; magnify.
    • blow up an image
  4. adjective satellite enlarged to an abnormal degree
    exaggerated; enlarged.
    • thick lenses exaggerated the size of her eyes

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