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enlargement
English
Etymology
enlarge +? -ment
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?l??(?)d??m?nt/
Noun
enlargement (countable and uncountable, plural enlargements)
- An act or instance of making something larger.
- (figuratively) A making more obvious or serious; exacerbation.
- 1874, Thomas Hardy, Far From the Madding Crowd, 2005 Barnes & Noble Classics publication of 1912 Wessex edition, p.337
- Bathsheba underwent the enlargement of her husband's absence from hours to days with a slight feeling of surprise, and a slight feeling of relief; yet neither sensation rose at any time far above the level commonly designated as indifference.
- 1874, Thomas Hardy, Far From the Madding Crowd, 2005 Barnes & Noble Classics publication of 1912 Wessex edition, p.337
- An image, particularly a photograph, that has been enlarged.
- (obsolete) Freedom from confinement; liberty.
- Diffuseness of speech or writing; a speaking at length.
- 1897, Peter Joseph Cooke, Forensic Eloquence (page 40)
- 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)
Translations
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spreading
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?sp??d??/
- Rhymes: -?d??
Verb
spreading
- present participle of spread
Translations
Noun
spreading (plural spreadings)
- The act by which something is spread.
- 1991, Samuel D. Robbins, Wisconsin Birdlife: Population & Distribution Past & Present (page 579)
- Small numbers [of meadowlarks] remain on farms in the southern counties throughout the winter, usually relying on fresh manure spreadings for food when snow covers the fields.
- 1991, Samuel D. Robbins, Wisconsin Birdlife: Population & Distribution Past & Present (page 579)
Translations
Anagrams
- respading
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- seafloor spreading
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