How do you use the word "amplifier" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "amplifier": This is the best amplifier on the market. I built an amplifier yesterday.

Amplifier Meaning

/ˈæm.plə.faɪ.ə/

Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounAnything that amplifies, or makes something larger or more intense.

nounAn adverb that adds intensity, such as "really" or "totally".

Sentence Examples

This is the best amplifier on the market.

I built an amplifier yesterday.

CEFR Practice Quiz

To make the guitar loud enough for the concert hall, we connected it to a powerful ____.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

He bought a new ____ to improve the sound quality of his home stereo.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃emh₃-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₃emh₃-lo-s Proto-Italic *amlos? Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts? Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰíder. Proto-Italic *amβi Latin ambi- Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós Proto-Italic *plēnosder. Latin plēnus? Latin ambiplus? Latin amplus Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-fakāō Latin -ficō Latin amplificārebor. Old French amplifierbor. Middle English amplifiyen English amplify Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English amplifier From amplify + -er.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"The football team is not an extension of Iran’s leaders, but is in fact the opposite, seen as an amplifier for freedom, group expression, modernity." — 2022 November 21, Barney Ronay, “Iran’s brave and powerful gesture is a small wonder from a World Cup of woe”, in The Guardian:

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