Enlargement

Definition

enlarge /Çn'lɑ:dʒ/ v ၁။ (က) တိုးခ်ဲ႕သည္။ ခ်ဲ႕သည္။ ႀကီးလာသည္။ The building has been considerably enlarged. ❍ enlarge one's understanding of sth ❍ an enlarged heart/gland. (ခ) အႀကီးခ်ဲ႕သည္။ The police had the photograph of the missing girl enlarged. ၂။ ~ (on sth) အက်ယ္ခ်ဲ႕သည္။ အေသးစိတ္ျဖည့္စြက္သည္။ Can you enlarge (on what has already been said)? ❏ enlargement n ၁။ [U] တိုးခ်ဲ႕ျခင္း။ ႀကီးလာျခင္း။ the enlargement of the company's overseas activities. ၂။ [C] (ခ်ဲ႕ထားသည့္) ပံုႀကီး။ If you like the picture I can send you an enlargement of it. Compare REDUCTION၂

Examples

1. I sent the photos back to the lab to be enlarged.
2. The company has built an additional factory to enlarge its operations.