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amplifies

amplifies is the third-person singular simple present indicative of amplify.

Meaning of amplify

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.
    • amplify the loudspeaker
  2. (transitive, rhetorical) 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.1700, John Dryden, Fables, Ancient and Modern
  3. (transitive) To increase the amplitude of something, especially of an electric current.
    • amplify a signal. It's amplified so you can hear the audio.
  4. To add content that is not present in the source text to the target text, usually to improve the fluency of the translation.

Questions about amplifies

What is amplifies the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Amplifies is the third-person singular simple present indicative of amplify.

Words near amplifies in the dictionary

  1. amplificon
  2. amplificons
  3. amplified
  4. amplifier
  5. amplifiers
  6. amplifies
  7. amplify
  8. amplifying
  9. amplimer
  10. amplimers
  11. ampliotopic

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