"enlargement" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɪnˈlɑːd͡ʒ.mənt/ [UK], /ɪnˈlɑɹd͡ʒ.mənt/ [Canada, US], /ɪnˈlaːd͡ʒ.mənt/ [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-enlargement.wav Forms: enlargements [plural]
Etymology: From enlarge + -ment. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|enlarge|ment}} enlarge + -ment Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} enlargement (countable and uncountable, plural enlargements)
  1. An act or instance of making something larger. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (Act of making larger): تَوْسِيع (tawsīʕ) [masculine] (Arabic), увеличаване (uveličavane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), уголемяване (ugolemjavane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), zvětšení [neuter] (Czech), zvětšování [neuter] (Czech), forstørrelse [common-gender] (Danish), udvidelse [common-gender] (Danish), vergroting [feminine] (Dutch), élargissement (French), agrandissement (French), გაფართოება (gapartoeba) (Georgian), Vergrößerung [feminine] (German), Erweiterung (German), μεγέθυνση (megéthynsi) [feminine] (Greek), διεύρυνση (diévrynsi) [feminine] (Greek), aumento [masculine] (Italian), ingrossamento [masculine] (Italian), prōlātiō [feminine] (Latin), whakarahinga (Maori), forstørrelse [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), powiększenie [neuter] (Polish), zwiększenie [neuter] (Polish), aumento [masculine] (Portuguese), ampliação [feminine] (Portuguese), увеличе́ние (uveličénije) [neuter] (Russian), agrandamiento [masculine] (Spanish), förstoring [common-gender] (Swedish), büyüme (Turkish) Translations (something that has been made larger such as a picture or diagram): zvětšenina [feminine] (Czech), forstørrelse [common-gender] (Danish), μεγέθυνση (megéthynsi) [feminine] (Greek), ingrandimento [masculine] (Italian), whakarahinga (Maori), forstørrelse [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), ampliación [feminine] (Spanish)
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  2. (figuratively) A making more obvious or serious; exacerbation. Tags: countable, figuratively, uncountable
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  3. An image, particularly a photograph, that has been enlarged. Tags: countable, uncountable
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  4. (obsolete) Freedom from confinement; liberty. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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  5. Diffuseness of speech or writing; a speaking at length. Tags: countable, uncountable
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: benign prostate enlargement

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