enlargement — UK US /ɪnˈlɑːdʒmənt/ noun ► [S or U] the process of something becoming bigger, or being made bigger: »The meeting discussed the planned enlargement of the company s processing capacity. EU/NATO enlargement »Following EU enlargement, the two… … Financial and business terms
Enlargement — En*large ment, n. 1. The act of increasing in size or bulk, real or apparent; the state of being increased; augmentation; further extension; expansion. [1913 Webster] 2. Expansion or extension, as of the powers of the mind; ennoblement, as of the … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
enlargement — I (addition) noun accession, advance, advancement, aggrandizement, aggravation, augmentation, broadening, expatiation, explication, extension, fullness, growth, increment, intensification, multiplication, proliferation, spreading, tumefaction,… … Law dictionary
enlargement — 1540s, from ENLARGE (Cf. enlarge) + MENT (Cf. ment). Photographic sense is from 1866 … Etymology dictionary
enlargement — [n] increase, expansion aggrandizement, amplification, augmentation, blow up, elongation, extension, growth, spread; concept 780 Ant. abridgment, compression, decrease, lessening, lowering, reduction, shrinkage … New thesaurus
enlargement — ► NOUN 1) the action of enlarging or the state of being enlarged. 2) a photograph that is larger than the original negative or than an earlier print … English terms dictionary
enlargement — [en lärj′mənt, in lärj′mənt] n. 1. an enlarging or being enlarged 2. something that enlarges by being added 3. a reproduction, as of a photograph, on a larger scale … English World dictionary
enlargement — [[t]ɪnlɑ͟ː(r)ʤmənt[/t]] enlargements 1) N UNCOUNT: usu with supp, oft N of n The enlargement of something is the process or result of making it bigger. There is insufficient space for enlargement of the buildings. ...the Community s enlargement.… … English dictionary
enlargement — n. to make an enlargement (of a photograph) * * * [ɪn lɑːdʒmənt] to make an enlargement (of a photograph) … Combinatory dictionary
enlargement — UK [ɪnˈlɑː(r)dʒmənt] / US [ɪnˈlɑrdʒmənt] noun Word forms enlargement : singular enlargement plural enlargements a) [countable/uncountable] the process of making something bigger, or an increase in size that is the result of it b) [countable] a… … English dictionary
