Enlargement
[ɪn'lɑːdʒm(ə)nt;en-] or [ɪn'lɑrdʒmənt]
Definition
(noun.) a photographic print that has been enlarged.
(noun.) the state of being enlarged.
Typed by Ewing--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of increasing in size or bulk, real or apparent; the state of being increased; augmentation; further extension; expansion.
(n.) Expansion or extension, as of the powers of the mind; ennoblement, as of the feelings and character; as, an enlargement of views, of knowledge, of affection.
(n.) A setting at large, or being set at large; release from confinement, servitude, or distress; liberty.
(n.) Diffusiveness of speech or writing; expatiation; a wide range of discourse or argument.
Inputed by Lawrence
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Expansion, dilatation, extension, augmentation, increase.[2]. Expatiation, copious discourse, extended remark.
Typist: Vilma
Examples
- There are set-backs, massacres, pestilence; but the story is, on the whole, one of enlargement. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It was a new instrument for the human mind, an enormous enlargement of its range of action, a new means of continuity. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In tall buildings the multitude of messengers and the frequent passing in and out would demand the increase in elevator facilities and even the enlargement of halls and doorways. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Geography and history are the two great school resources for bringing about the enlargement of the significance of a direct personal experience. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The cause is usually attributed to drinking, but gluttony, tight lacing, nasal catarrh, chronic enlargement of the tonsils, exposure to strong sunlight, etc. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Reformers particularly resent the enlargement of political issues. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Still, through this fallacious medium, a real enlargement of ideas is attained. Plato. The Republic.
- The mechanism of the machine head moves the film over an aperture, so that the rays of light from the lamp will project an enlargement of the film picture upon the screen. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Neither is the moral the limit of the physical, but the expansion and enlargement of it,--the highest form which the physical is capable of receiving. Plato. The Republic.
- They are merely one aspect of a much profounder and more momentous enlargement of human possibility. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He availed himself of his enlargement to throw himself on the pavement, and clasp the knees of Front-de-Boeuf. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
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