Làm to ra, phóng to, mở rộng; khuếch đại; phóng đại

a microscope magnifies things

kính hiển vi làm vật trông to ra

Thổi phồng, tán dương quá đáng

to magnify dangers

thổi phồng những sự nguy hiểm

to magnify a trifling incident

thổi phồng một sự việc bình thường

phóng đại, khuếch đại

khuếch đại

phóng đại

tăng

V.

Enlarge, expand, amplify, inflate, increase, augment,exaggerate, heighten, build up, boost, dramatize, aggravate,worsen, exacerbate; overstate, Colloq blow up, make a mountainout of a molehill: Tiny errors in the beginning are magnifiedlater on. I fear that he has magnified its importance out of allproportion. 2 enlarge, blow up: They had to magnify thephotograph to read the registration number of the stolen car.

V.tr.

(-ies, -ied) 1 make (a thing) appear larger than it is,as with a lens.

Exaggerate.

Intensify.

Archaic extol,glorify.

Magnifiable adj. magnifier n. [ME f. OF magnifier orL magnificare (as MAGNIFICENT)]