amplifies

To amplify something is to make it louder or more visible. When you amplify a sound, you make it more clear and detectable.

  • The loudspeakers amplify the sound of the music.

  • The light amplifies the colors in the room.

Definition of amplifies

verb

exaggerate or make bigger

Synonyms:

blow up, expand, inflate

verb

increase in size, volume or significance

Synonyms:

magnify

verb

to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth

Synonyms:

exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, magnify, overdraw, overstate

verb

increase the volume of

Nearby Words

amplifies Pronunciation in a video (2)

Example Sentences for amplifies

  • 1

    Then the pilot amplified the mistake.

  • 2

    At the heart of the amplifier was a crystal of silicon.

  • 3

    A limiter is connected to the input of the amplifier.

  • 4

    The remainder of the paragraph amplifies this impression.

  • 5

    The sound of the rubbing was being amplified.

  • 6

    The terrain amplified the importance of the site.

  • 7

    They greatly amplify the strength of the signal.

  • 8

    All of this is amplified by the anonymous nature of the Internet.

  • 9

    All samples were amplified in triplicate.

  • 10

    In this way, the voltage of the weak signal is amplified.