enlarge

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

en·large [enlarge enlarges enlarged enlarging] BrE [ɪnˈlɑːdʒ] NAmE [ɪnˈlɑːrdʒ] verb
1. transitive, intransitive ~ (sth) to make sth bigger; to become bigger
•There are plans to enlarge the recreation area.
•Reading will enlarge your vocabulary.
2. transitive, usually passive ~ sth to make a bigger copy of a photograph or document
•We're going to have this picture enlarged.
Derived Word: ↑enlarged
Derived: ↑enlarge on something
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Middle English (formerly also as inlarge): from Old French enlarger, from en- (expressing a change of state) + large ‘large’.

Example Bank:
•The castle was enlarged considerably in the fifteenth century.
•The gallery is seeking to enlarge its holdings of Danish art.
•The images were enlarged to the size of a wall of a room.
•Symptoms may include a sore throat and enlarged glands.
•The little blisters enlarge and eventually burst to form ulcers.
•We're going to have this picture enlarged.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  elaborate, lucubrate, expatiate, exposit, flesh out, expand, expound, dilate, blow up, magnify
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce, scale down