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- Dictionaryenlargement/ɪnˈlɑːdʒm(ə)nt/
noun
- 1. the action or state of enlarging or being enlarged: "talks on the enlargement of the EU" Similar Opposite
- 2. a photograph that is larger than the original negative or an earlier print. Similar Opposite
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the process of something becoming bigger, or being made bigger: The meeting discussed the planned enlargement of the company's processing capacity.
The enlargement of something is the process or result of making it bigger. ...the enlargement of the European Union. American English : enlargement / ɪnˈlɑrdʒmənt /
1. : an act or instance of enlarging : the state of being enlarged. 2. : a photographic print larger than the negative that is made by projecting the negative image through a lens onto a photographic printing surface.
the process of something becoming bigger, or being made bigger: The meeting discussed the planned enlargement of the company's processing capacity.
noun. an act of enlarging; increase, expansion, or amplification. anything, as a photograph, that is an enlarged form of something. anything that enlarges something else; addition: The new wing formed a considerable enlargement to the building.
the act of increasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope.
ENLARGEMENT definition: the process of enlarging something, or something that has been enlarged: . Learn more.
enlargement. [uncountable, singular] enlargement (of something) the process or result of something becoming or being made larger. There was widespread support for EU enlargement (= the fact of more countries joining).
n. 1. An act of enlarging or the state of being enlarged. 2. Something that enlarges; an addition. 3. Something that has been enlarged, especially a photographic reproduction or a copy larger than the original print or negative. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
(figuratively) A making more obvious or serious; exacerbation. ‘’’1874 Thomas Hardy, ‘’Far From the Madding Crowd’’, 2005 Barnes & Noble Classics publication of 1912 Wessex edition, p337. Wiktionary. Synonyms: elaboration. expansion. magnification. blowup. growth. extension. expatiation. dilatation. development. augmentation. amplification.
