enlarge
pronunciation
How to pronounce enlarge in British English:
UK [ɪnˈlɑːdʒ]
How to pronounce enlarge in American English:
US [ɪnˈlɑːrdʒ]
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- Verb:
- 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
Word Origin
- enlarge (v.)
- mid-14c., "grow fat, increase" (intrans.); c. 1400, "make larger" (trans.), from Old French enlargier "to widen, increase, make larger," from en- "make, put in" (see en- (1)) + large (see large). Meaning "expand in words, speak at large" is from 1650s. Related: Enlarged; enlarging.
Example
- 1. And syndicates enlarge the pool of buyers dramatically .
- 2. The second mistake was to enlarge the protected part of finance .
- 3. These measures would not enlarge the budget deficit because they would be paid for .
- 4. Better to enlarge the current body to include the world 's biggest dozen economies .
- 5. Environmentalists fret that development of the st lawrence basin gas deposits would enlarge the province 's carbon footprint .