enlarge
Usage
What are other ways to say enlarge?
Enlarge means to make greater in size, extent, or range: to enlarge a building, a business, one's conceptions. To increase means to make greater, as in quantity, extent, or degree: to increase someone's salary; to increase the velocity; to increase the (degree of) concentration. Augment, a more formal word, means to make greater, especially by addition from the outside: to augment one's income (by doing extra work).Example Sentences
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Enlarge the ship so it stretches between the Fauntleroy and the island’s north-end ferry terminals.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 31, 2021
And in the Washington Post, a more forthright statement of Kennan’s testimony—a banner across the top of the page, “Kennan Urges U.S. Not to Enlarge War.”
From Slate • Sep. 17, 2014
Enlarge Image Tim Foley "You don't see an explosion of IPOs like this at market bottoms," he says.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 3, 2013
Enlarge Image Gretchen Schneider He suggests the Texan Tuxedo, given the state's "cowboy reputation" and catchy alliteration.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 2, 2013
"Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thy habitations; spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes."
From The Chosen People A Compendium of Sacred and Church History for School-Children by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
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