magnify
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
increase in size, volume or significance
Her terror was magnified in her mind
Types & categories
- enlarge hypernym
Related & opposite
- magnification derivation
- amplifier derivation
- blowup derivation
- magnitude derivation
- magnitude derivation
- overstatement derivation
- magnification derivation
Sense 2 verb
to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery
Types & categories
- misinform hypernym
- overemphasize hyponym
- boast hyponym
- pad hyponym
Related & opposite
- minimise antonym
- exaggeration derivation
- overstatement derivation
- exaggeration derivation
Sense 3 verb
make large
blow up an image
Types & categories
- increase hypernym
Related & opposite
- scale down antonym
- blowup derivation
- enlarger derivation
- magnifier derivation
- magnitude derivation
- magnification derivation
- photography domain topic
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | magnification |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | amplifier |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | blowup |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | magnitude |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | magnitude |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | overstatement |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | magnification |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | enlarge |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | minimise |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | exaggeration |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | overstatement |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | exaggeration |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | misinform |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | overemphasize |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | boast |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | pad |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | scale down |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | blowup |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | enlarger |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | magnifier |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | magnitude |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | magnification |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | photography |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | increase |