amplify
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amplify
- /ˈæm.plə.faɪ/ UK
- /ˈæm.plə.faɪ/ Canada, US
- [ˈɛəm.plə.faɪ] Canada, US
- /ˈæm.plə.fɑe/ Australia
- [ˈeːm.plə.fɑe̯] Australia
- /ˈɛm.plə.faɪ/ New Zealand
- [ˈɛm.plə.fɑe̯] New Zealand
Where it comes from
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 *θakos
Proto-Italic *-fakos
Latin -ficus
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.
Proto-Italic *-ājō
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Latin -ficō
Latin amplificārebor.
Old French amplifierbor.
Middle English amplifiyen
English amplify
Inherited from Middle English amplifiyen, borrowed from Old French amplifier, borrowed from Latin amplificāre, from amplus (“abundant, ample”) + -ficō. By surface analysis, ample + -ify.
verb amplifies · amplifying · amplified
- To render larger, more extended, or more intense. amplify the loudspeaker
- To enlarge by addition or commenting; to treat copiously by adding particulars, illustrations, etc.; to expand. Troilus and Cressida was written by a Lombard author, but much amplified by our English translator.
- To increase the amplitude of something, especially of an electric current. amplify a signal. It's amplified so you can hear the audio.
- To add content that is not present in the source text to the target text, usually to improve the fluency of the translation.
