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amplifying

amplifying is the present participle and gerund 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.

Words formed from amplifying

Questions about amplifying

What is amplifying the present participle and gerund of?
Amplifying is the present participle and gerund of amplify.

Words near amplifying in the dictionary

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

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