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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He has used the novel tack of publicly proclaiming his lack of independence to enlarge himself.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
Section 10.3 of the Federal Reserve Act gives the Board of Governors sole control over its facilities and authorizes it to acquire, maintain, enlarge, or remodel buildings as it sees fit.
From Barron's • Jan. 5, 2026
As these cysts enlarge and multiply, they damage the surrounding tissue and limit the organs' ability to function.
From Science Daily • Nov. 19, 2025
He was, for example, appalled at the force-feeding of ducks and geese to enlarge their livers to produce foie gras.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 7, 2025
Emma pauses, and I click to enlarge the picture.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
