amplify

About 1.07 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To render larger, more extended, or more intense.

   amplify the loudspeaker

2. verb To enlarge by addition or commenting; to treat copiously by adding particulars, illustrations, etc.; to expand.
3. verb To increase the amplitude of something, especially of an electric current.

   amplify a signal. It's amplified so you can hear the audio.

4. verb To add content that is not present in the source text to the target text, usually to improve the fluency of the translation.

Similar words

expand overdraw exaggerate hyperbolize overstate magnify blow up inflate enlarge increase

Often followed by

the and a this or it his their them

Word family

amplification amplified amplifies amplifying