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{
"term": "magnify",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "magnify",
"heSheIt": "magnifies"
},
"pastSimple": "magnified",
"pastParticiple": "magnified",
"ingForm": "magnifying"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to make something look bigger than it really is, for example by using a lens or microscope",
"sensetop": "magnify something (to/by something)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "bacteria magnified to 1 000 times their actual size"
},
{
"text": "an image magnified by a factor of 4"
},
{
"text": "The picture shows the insect’s head magnified ten times."
}
],
"synonyms": "enlarge",
"topics": ["Engineering"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["greatly", "highly"],
"phrases": ["magnify something 50, 100, etc. times"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to make something bigger, louder or stronger",
"sensetop": "magnify something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The sound was magnified by the high roof."
},
{
"text": "The dry summer has magnified the problem of water shortages."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["greatly", "highly"],
"phrases": ["magnify something 50, 100, etc. times"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to make something seem more important or serious than it really is",
"sensetop": "magnify something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The daring of his exploits had been hugely magnified by constant telling."
}
],
"synonyms": "exaggerate",
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["greatly", "highly"],
"phrases": ["magnify something 50, 100, etc. times"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈmæɡnɪfaɪ/",
"audio": "ma/magnify/magnify__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈmæɡnɪfaɪz/",
"audio": "ma/magnify/magnifies__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈmæɡnɪfaɪd/",
"audio": "ma/magnify/magnified__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈmæɡnɪfaɪɪŋ/",
"audio": "ma/magnify/magnifying__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈmæɡnɪfaɪ/",
"audio": "ma/magnify/magnify__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈmæɡnɪfaɪz/",
"audio": "ma/magnify/magnifies__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈmæɡnɪfaɪd/",
"audio": "ma/magnify/magnified__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈmæɡnɪfaɪɪŋ/",
"audio": "ma/magnify/magnifying__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the senses ‘show honour to (God)’ and ‘make greater’): from Old French magnifier or Latin magnificare, based on Latin magnus ‘great’. The current senses date from the mid 17th cent."
}