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English

Etymology

amplify +? -able

Adjective

amplifiable (not comparable)

1. Capable of being amplified.

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English amplifiyen, from Old French amplifier, from Latin amplificare (“to enlarge”), from amplus (“large”) + facere (“to make”). See ample , equivalent to ample +? -ify.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?æmp.l?.fa?/
• Hyphenation: am?pli?fy

Verb

amplify (third-person singular simple present amplifies, present participle amplifying, simple past and past participle amplified)

1. (transitive) To render larger, more extended, or more intense.

2. (transitive, rhetorical) To enlarge by addition or commenting; to treat copiously by adding particulars, illustrations, etc.; to expand.
3. (transitive) To increase the amplitude of something, especially of an electric current.

4. (translation studies) To add content that is not present in the source text to the target text, usually to improve the fluency of the translation.

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Further reading

• amplify in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• amplify in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.