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ENLARGE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make larger

Example:

She enlarged the flower beds

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "enlarge" is one way to...):

increase (make bigger or more)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "enlarge"):

expand (make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity)

ream (enlarge with a reamer)

deepen (make deeper)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sentence example:

They enlarge their earnings this year

Derivation:

enlargement (the act of increasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Become larger or bigger

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "enlarge" is one way to...):

grow (become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "enlarge"):

amplify; magnify (increase in size, volume or significance)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sentence example:

Their earnings enlarge this year

Sense 3

Meaning:

Make large

Example:

blow up an image

Synonyms:

blow up; enlarge; magnify

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "enlarge" is one way to...):

increase (make bigger or more)

Domain category:

photography; picture taking (the act of taking and printing photographs)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

enlargement (a photographic print that has been enlarged)

enlarger (photographic equipment consisting of an optical projector used to enlarge a photograph)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing

Example:

She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation

Synonyms:

dilate; elaborate; enlarge; expand; expatiate; exposit; expound; flesh out; lucubrate

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "enlarge" is one way to...):

clarify; clear up; elucidate (make clear and (more) comprehensible)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "enlarge"):

detail (provide details for)

exposit; expound; set forth (state)

exemplify; illustrate; instance (clarify by giving an example of)

particularise; particularize; specialise; specialize; specify (be specific about)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s PP

Sentence example:

They enlarge that there was a traffic accident

Derivation:

enlargement (a discussion that provides additional information)

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 Context examples: 

An intestinal tract lesion where one or more crypts are enlarged and elevated above the surrounding mucosa.

(Aberrant Crypt Foci of the Mouse Intestinal Tract, NCI Thesaurus)

Clinical presentation includes a rapidly enlarging painful mass usually of the lower extremities.

(Adult Anaplastic Rhabdomyosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)

This disease is marked by an enlarged spleen and progressive anemia.

(Agnogenic myeloid metaplasia, NCI Dictionary)

It is marked by bone and skin lesions, high calcium levels, and enlarged lymph nodes, spleen, and liver.

(adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma, NCI Dictionary)

Signs and symptoms include a characteristic facial appearance (protuberant and low-set ears, thick lips, and flaring nostrils), intrauterine growth retardation, insulin resistance, and enlarged genitalia.

(Donohue Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

A microscope (device used to magnify small objects) that uses electrons (instead of light) to produce an enlarged image.

(Electron microscope, NCI Dictionary)

Or, the extra hormones can come from enlarged parathyroid glands.

(Parathyroid Disorders, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

It may develop in an enlarged or normal ovary and in the vast majority of cases is unilateral.

(Ovarian Torsion, NCI Thesaurus)

Patients present with a progressively enlarging and painless mass.

(Parotid Gland Sebaceous Lymphadenoma, NCI Thesaurus)

It usually affects elderly patients and presents as a rapidly enlarging tumor mass, often associated with pain.

(Parotid Gland Squamous Cell Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)