enlarge
/ɪnˈlɑːdʒ/
US pronunciation
American sound/ɪnˈlɑːdʒ/
ɪnˈlɑːdʒ
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Stress
- 2nd syllable stress
- Vowel
- Open ah vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
ɪn - ˈlɑːdʒ -> enlarge
Myanmar meaning
Full entry
၁။ (က) တိုးချဲ့သည်။ ချဲ့သည်။ ကြီးလာသည်။ The building has been considerably enlarged. ❍ enlarge one's understanding of sth ❍ an enlarged heart/gland.
(ခ) အကြီးချဲ့သည်။ The police had the photograph of the missing girl enlarged.
၂။ ~ (on sth) အကျယ်ချဲ့သည်။ အသေးစိတ်ဖြည့်စွက်သည်။
Can you enlarge (on what has already been said)?
❏ enlargement n
၁။ [U]
တိုးချဲ့ခြင်း။ ကြီးလာခြင်း။ the enlargement of the company's overseas activities.
၂။ [C] (ချဲ့ထားသည့်) ပုံကြီး။ If you like the picture I can send you an enlargement of it. Compare REDUCTION၂
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make bigger, increase, expand, broaden, widen, extend, add to, aggrandize, amplify, augment, bagger, beef up, beetle, bloater, blow up, boost, bug out, build, bulk, detail, develop, diffuse, dilate, distend, elaborate, elongate, embroider, exaggerate, expatiate, flesh out, give details, grow, grow larger, heighten, inflate, jack up, jazz up, lengthen, magnify, make larger, mount, multiply, oversize, oversized, pad, pop out, puff out, pyramid, rise, slap on, snowball, spread, stretch, swell, upsurge, wax
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