magnify

verb [T]

/ˈmæɡ.nɪ.faɪ/

Definition

› to make something look larger than it is, especially by looking at it through a specially cut piece of glass: Although our skin looks smooth, when magnified it is full of bumps and holes.Optics, microscopy and lasersEyesight, glasses and lensesEnlarging and inflatingBecoming bigger › to make a problem bigger and more important: The hot summer magnified the racial tensions in the community.Increasing and intensifying

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