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adjective
- 1. (of music or sound) played through an amplifier: "amplified pop music"
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AMPLIFIED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of amplify 2. to make something louder: 3. to increase the size…. Learn more.
to increase the strength of a sound; make louder: Electric guitars are amplified through loudspeakers.
1. : to expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis. 2. a. : to make larger or greater (as in amount, importance, or intensity) : increase. b. : to increase the strength or amount of. especially : to make louder. c. : to cause (a gene or DNA sequence) to undergo amplification.
verb [ T ] uk / ˈæm.plɪ.faɪ / us / ˈæm.plə.faɪ / to make something louder: amplified music / guitar. formal. to increase the size or effect of something: A funeral can amplify the feelings of regret and loss for the relatives. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Amplifiers, microphones & speakers. amplification. amplifier. balance. bass.
Amplify definition: to make larger, greater, or stronger; enlarge; extend.. See examples of AMPLIFY used in a sentence.
1. To make larger or more powerful; increase. 2. To add to, as by illustrations; make complete. 3. To exaggerate. 4. To produce amplification of: amplify an electrical signal. v.intr. To write or discourse at length; expatiate: Let me amplify so that you will understand the overall problem.
The verb amplify means to crank up the volume. Speakers amplify, or raise, the volume of the noise coming through a microphone so that everyone at the rock show can hear. Amplify comes from the Old French word amplifier meaning "to enlarge or expand."
1. verb. If you amplify a sound, you make it louder, usually by using electronic equipment. This landscape seemed to trap and amplify sounds. [VERB noun] The music was amplified with microphones. [be VERB -ed + with] 'This is the police,' came the amplified voice from the helicopter. [VERB-ed]
Definition of amplify verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
He moved too quickly and his chair overturned, the wooden crash amplified by the stone floor. Thomas, Rosie THE WHITE DOVE ( 2002 ) The insistent beat of amplified music - what my son Joey had once told me was called `heavy metal" - reverberated in my liquid brain.
