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Synonyms for enlargement
ɛnˈlɑrdʒ mənten·large·ment

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Princeton's WordNet2.3 / 4 votes

  1. expansion, enlargementnoun

    the act of increasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope

    Synonyms:
    elaboration, blowup, expansion, magnification, expanding upon

  2. enlargementnoun

    the state of being enlarged

    Synonyms:
    expansion, blowup, magnification, elaboration

  3. expansion, enlargement, elaborationnoun

    a discussion that provides additional information

    Synonyms:
    intricacy, elaborateness, elaboration, magnification, blowup, amplification, involution, expansion, expanding upon, refinement, working out

  4. enlargement, blowup, magnificationnoun

    a photographic print that has been enlarged

    Synonyms:
    detonation, outburst, elaboration, gush, magnification, blowup, explosion, effusion, overstatement, expansion, exaggeration, ebullition

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. enlargementnoun

    Synonyms:
    expansion, dilatation, extension, augmentation, increase

  2. enlargementnoun

    Synonyms:
    expatiation, copious discourse, extended remark

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. enlargementnoun

    Synonyms:
    augmentation, extension, expansion, dilation, development, growth, increase, amplification, dilatation, ennoblement, expatiation

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How to use enlargement in a sentence?

  1. Dartmouth College anthropologist Jeremy DeSilva:

    Our science has known for decades that upright walking, bipedalism, preceded brain enlargement over the course of human evolution. But never before has it been so obvious. Homo naledi possessed a strikingly modern human-like foot, even though its brain was only about one-third the size of our brains today.

  2. William Catalona:

    We don’t know what causes benign prostatic enlargement, it’s one of the great mysteries, and we really wish we did because it’s such a prevalent condition, sometimes men need to get up every hour at night.

  3. Samuel Johnson:

    Every quotation contributes something to the stability or enlargement of the language.

  4. George Ciamba:

    It's very important to give a political signal that enlargement is not dead.

  5. Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto:

    If NATO does not continue the enlargement process that would also erode NATO's credibility significantly.


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