HyperDic is a hyper-dictionary based on WordNet 2.1. This version links 147,249 word forms.
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| VERB | 1 | enlarge | Make larger |
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| 2 | enlarge, blow up, magnify | Make large | |
| 3 | enlarge | Become larger or bigger | |
| 4 | enlarge, elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate | Add details, as to an account or idea |
| Sounds | ehnlaa'rjh; ihnlaa'rjh |
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| Rhymes | barge, charge, countercharge, and 8 more rhymes in aarjh... |
| Meaning | Make larger. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Model | They enlarge their earnings this year |
| Examples | "She enlarged the flower beds" |
| Broader | increase |
| Narrower | expand; ream; deepen |
| Nouns | enlargement |
| Meaning | Make large. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Synonyms | blow up, magnify |
| Contrary | reduce, scale down |
| Category | photography, picture taking |
| Broader | increase |
| Nouns | enlargement; enlarger |
| Meaning | Become larger or bigger. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s |
| Model | Their earnings enlarge this year |
| Broader | grow |
| Narrower | magnify, amplify |
| Meaning | Add details, as to an account or idea. Clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s PP |
| Model | They enlarge that there was a traffic accident |
| Synonyms | elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate |
| Contrary | abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce |
| Broader | clarify, clear up, elucidate |
| Narrower | detail; set forth, expound, exposit; exemplify, illustrate, instance; specify, particularize, particularise, specialize, specialise |
| Nouns | enlargement |
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