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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As deputy leader of the Green Party, he told LBC radio he "never believed that" women's breasts can be enlarged through hypnotherapy.
From BBC
These animals are known for their tiny teeth and unusually short arms that end in a single enlarged thumb claw.
From Science Daily
It is caused by excessive production of growth hormone, which leads to enlarged hands and feet, changes in facial appearance, and abnormal growth of bones and internal organs.
From Science Daily
A quick search in the database pulled up the exact same book, and I tabbed through to the first page, making sure the words were enlarged as much as possible.
From Literature
Updating the calculations for gold’s recent epic run, investment consultants Nicholas Conant and Mark Wood of Callan gave the cube some benefit of the doubt by enlarging it with all of the bullion since mined.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
