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enlargement
/ɪnˈlɑɹd͡ʒ.mənt/
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What does enlargement mean?
noun
- An act or instance of making something larger.
- (figuratively) A making more obvious or serious; exacerbation.
- An image, particularly a photograph, that has been enlarged.
More meanings (2)
noun
- Diffuseness of speech or writing; a speaking at length.
- (obsolete) Freedom from confinement; liberty.
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IPA pronunciation
/ɪnˈlɑɹd͡ʒ.mənt/
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Geography and history are the two great school resources for bringing about the enlargement of the significance of a direct personal experience.
All acquisition of knowledge is an enlargement of the Self, but this enlargement is best attained when it is not directly sought.
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It is not to the enlargement of natural knowledge only, that the effects arising from Captain Cook's voyages are to be confined.
In the latter part of the fourth month there is noticeable a slight abdominal enlargement, and the umbilicus is no longer sunken.