amplifier
/ˈæm.plə.faɪ.ə/US/ˈæm.plə.faɪ.ɚ/
amplifier noun: anything that amplifies, or makes something larger or more intense.
Noun
amplifier (plural amplifiers)
- Anything that amplifies, or makes something larger or more intense.
- The football team is not an extension of Iran’s leaders, but is in fact the opposite, seen as an amplifier for freedom, group expression, modernity.2022 November 21, Barney Ronay, “Iran’s brave and powerful gesture is a small wonder from a World Cup of woe”, in The Guardian
- An adverb that adds intensity, such as "really" or "totally".
- An appliance or circuit that increases the strength of a weak electrical signal without changing the other characteristics of the signal.
- A portable encasement that houses a large speaker, used to amplify voices and musical instruments at live performances.
- A lens that enlarges the field of vision.
amplifier meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
amplifier in Hindi
- amplifier
- आवर्धक āvardhak
amplifier in Tamil
- அலை பெருக்கி, மிகைப்பி, அதிகப்படுத்துபவர், ஒலி பெருக்கி
amplifier in Urdu
- افزائندَہ, افزُوں گَر, واسِع, جو بَڑھاتا, تَوسیع دیتا ہے
amplifier in Bengali
- appliance or circuit
- বিবর্ধক bibordhok
More languagesFewer languages
- amplifier in Kannada
- ಹೆಚ್ಚುಕ, ವರ್ಧಕ, ಧ್ವನಿವರ್ಧಕ, ಪ್ರವರ್ಧಕ
- amplifier in Punjabi
- ਐਂਪਲੀਫਾਇਰ aimpalīphāira
- amplifier in Tagalog
- pangibayo
- amplifier in Arabic
- مضخم إلكتروني
- amplifier in Indonesian
- amplifier, penguat
- amplifier in Thai
- ตัวขยายสัญญาณ
- amplifier in Vietnamese
- bộ khuếch đại, máy khuếch đại, thiết bị khuếch đại, khuếch đại điện tử
Examples of amplifier in a sentence
- The lead guitarist for the rock band Spinal Tap dialed his amplifier to 11.
- He was interested in electronics and began playing around with amplifiers.
- That noise is because the amplifier is not properly earthed.
Forms of amplifier
| plural | amplifiers |
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Origin of amplifier
From amplify + -er.
Words formed from amplifier
Words that rhyme with amplifier
Questions about amplifier
- What does amplifier mean?
- Amplifier means anything that amplifies, or makes something larger or more intense.
- What is amplifier in Hindi?
- Amplifier in Hindi is आवर्धक (āvardhak). See Amplifier meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is amplifier?
- Amplifier is a noun.
- How do you pronounce amplifier?
- Amplifier is pronounced /ˈæm.plə.faɪ.ə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of amplifier?
- The plural of amplifier is amplifiers.
Words near amplifier in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: amplifier (page history and authors); आवर्धक (Hindi) (page history and authors); amplifier (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); amplifier (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); amplifier (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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