enlargement
/ɪnˈlɑːdʒmənt/ nounDefinition
› [S or U] the process of something becoming bigger, or being made bigger: The meeting discussed the planned enlargement of the company's processing capacity.EU/NATO enlargement Following EU enlargement, the two countries share many common interests.
› [C] a document or a photograph that has been made larger: You can see the details more clearly in the enlargement.
→ See also job enlargement(Definition of enlargement noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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