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  2. MAGNIFY definition: 1. to make something look larger than it is, especially by looking at it through a lens: 2. to…. Learn more.

  3. The meaning of MAGNIFY is extol, laud. How to use magnify in a sentence. extol, laud; to cause to be held in greater esteem or respect; to increase in significance : intensify…

  4. to cause to seem greater or more important; attribute too much importance to; exaggerate: to magnify one's difficulties. Synonyms: overstate. Antonyms: minimize. to make more exciting; intensify; dramatize; heighten: The playwright magnified the conflict to get her point across. Archaic. to extol; praise: to magnify the Lord.

  5. 1. (General Physics) to increase, cause to increase, or be increased in apparent size, as through the action of a lens, microscope, etc. 2. to exaggerate or become exaggerated in importance: don't magnify your troubles. 3. (tr) rare to increase in actual size. 4. (tr) archaic to glorify.

  6. to make something look larger than it is, especially by looking at it through a lens: Although our skin looks smooth, when magnified it is full of bumps and holes. to make a problem bigger or more important: The hot summer magnified the racial tensions in the community. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.

  7. 1. to increase, cause to increase, or be increased in apparent size, as through the action of a lens, microscope, etc. 2. to exaggerate or become exaggerated in importance. don't magnify your troubles. 3. (transitive) rare. to increase in actual size. 4. (transitive) archaic.

  8. To magnify is to make something bigger, whether in size or in significance. A magnifying glass makes things look bigger and when anything is magnified, it gets larger in some way. If your hunger is magnified, you've gotten hungrier.

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