amplificatory

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /æmˈplɪfɪkəˌtɔri/ UK /æmˈplɪfɪkət(ə)ri/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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adj
serving to enlarge, expand, or amplify

The footnotes were merely amplificatory, adding no new claim.

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Synonyms

1 adj · serving to enlarge, expand,... amplifying expansiveenlargingaugmentativeintensifying

Opposites

diminishing reductiveabridging

Word family

Related forms amplify amplification ample

Etymology

From Latin amplificatus, past participle of amplificare ('to enlarge'), from amplus ('large, ample') + facere ('to make'), with the adjectival suffix -ory.

amplificare Latin amplus Latin facere Latin

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# amplificatory

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /æmˈplɪfɪkəˌtɔri/
**IPA (UK):** /æmˈplɪfɪkət(ə)ri/

## Meanings
1. serving to enlarge, expand, or amplify

## Examples
- The footnotes were merely amplificatory, adding no new claim.

## Synonyms
- amplifying
- expansive
- enlarging
- augmentative
- intensifying

## Antonyms
- diminishing
- reductive
- abridging

## Related Forms
- amplify
- amplification
- ample

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: amplificare
- Root: amplus
- Root: facere

## Etymology
From Latin amplificatus, past participle of amplificare ('to enlarge'), from amplus ('large, ample') + facere ('to make'), with the adjectival suffix -ory.

## AI Etymology
Amplificatory is from Latin amplificatus, past participle of amplificare ('to enlarge'), from amplus ('large, ample') + facere ('to make'), with the adjectival suffix -ory. Important recorded forms include amplificare (Latin), amplus (Latin), and facere (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers serving to enlarge, expand, or amplify. The wider family includes related words such as amplify, amplification, and ample.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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