enlarge
US: /ˌɛnˈɫɑɹdʒ/, /ɪnˈɫɑɹdʒ/
UK: /ɛnlˈɑːdʒ/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
enlarge /in'lɑ:dʤ/- ngoại động từ
- mở rộng, tăng lên, khuếch trương
- (nhiếp ảnh) phóng
- (từ cổ,nghĩa cổ) thả, phóng thích
- nội động từ
- (nhiếp ảnh) có thể phóng to được
- (+ on, upon) tán rộng về (một vấn đề...)
Advanced English dictionary
+ verb1 to make sth bigger; to become bigger: [VN] There are plans to enlarge the recreation area. + Reading will enlarge your vocabulary. [also V]
2 [VN] [usually passive] to make a bigger copy of a photograph or document: We're going to have this picture enlarged.
enlarged adjective: an enlarged heart
Phrasal Verbs: enlarge on / upon sth (formal) to say or write more about sth that has been mentioned
Synonym: ELABORATE
Would you like to enlarge on your last comment?
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 increase, expand, magnify, amplify, extend, swell, dilate, spread, wax, widen, broaden, lengthen, elongate, stretch, distend; add to, supplement, augment; inflate; Colloq blow up:
The government will enlarge the area devoted to public parks. Enlarge the photographs and details appear.
2 enlarge on or upon. expand on, expatiate on, amplify, expound; detail, elaborate (on):
The speaker was asked to enlarge on her plans for building new hospitals.
Collocation
ADV.
considerably, greatly
The castle was enlarged considerably in the fifteenth century.
| slightly
VERB + ENLARGE
seek to
The gallery is seeking to enlarge its holdings of Danish art.
Concise dictionary
enlarges|enlarged|enlargingɪn'lɑːdʒverb
+make larger
+make large
+become larger or bigger
+add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing
