Enlargement Meaning
/ɪnˈlɑːd͡ʒ.mənt/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounAn act or instance of making something larger.
nounA making more obvious or serious; exacerbation.
Sentence Examples
Penis enlargement supplements, as sold on sites and in magazines, have essentially no effect.
I want an enlargement of this photograph.
Local politicians opposed the enlargement of the European Union.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The doctor noticed an ____ of the patient's thyroid gland during the exam.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The scan showed an ____ of the heart that required immediate attention.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English enlarge Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English enlargement From enlarge + -ment.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Go, tenderness of years; take this key, give enlargement to the swain, bring him festinately hither."
— c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:
"Briefly, a discourse generally consists in some prefatory remarks which pave the way as it were for the enlargement upon which a speaker usually enters when he speaks to any purpose."
— 1897, Peter Joseph Cooke, Forensic Eloquence, page 40:
"He could discover very little further interest in his breakfast and turned to the other papers for possible enlargement of the details."
— 1923, Ernest Bramah, The Eyes of Max Carrados:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The doctor noticed an ____ of the patient's thyroid gland during the exam.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The scan showed an ____ of the heart that required immediate attention.