amplifier

B2 Topic:Tools, Machines & Construction

US /ˈæm.plə.faɪ.ɚ/ UK /ˈæm.plə.faɪ.ə/ See IPA manual

Freq #29567

Meanings

1

noun
A piece of electronic equipment that makes a sound or signal louder or stronger.

He plugged his guitar into the amplifier before the show.
2

noun
Anything that makes something larger, stronger, or more intense.

Social media can act as an amplifier for both good and bad ideas.

Thesaurus

Word family

Forms amplifiers

Derived forms bioamplifiermicroamplifiermultiamplifierphotoamplifierpre-amplifierpreamplifier

Related forms ampleamplifiableamplification amplificatory amplify amplitude gain

Appears in

Phrases (1)

See all

audio amplifier
a device that strengthens an electrical signal representing sound

Noun + noun

Etymology

From amplify + -er.

Topics

Tools, Machines & Construction

External links

# amplifier

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈæm.plə.faɪ.ɚ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈæm.plə.faɪ.ə/
**Frequency rank:** 29567

## Meanings
1. A piece of electronic equipment that makes a sound or signal louder or stronger.
2. Anything that makes something larger, stronger, or more intense.

## Examples
- He plugged his guitar into the amplifier before the show.
- Social media can act as an amplifier for both good and bad ideas.

## Derived Forms
- bioamplifier
- microamplifier
- multiamplifier
- photoamplifier
- pre-amplifier
- preamplifier

## Related Forms
- ample
- amplifiable
- amplification
- amplificatory
- amplify
- amplitude
- gain

## Etymology
From amplify + -er.

## AI Etymology
Amplifier is from amplify plus -er. The agentive suffix ties the word to a role, participant, recipient, or instrument associated with amplify; here the base names the field or object, while the suffix identifies the person or thing in that relation. In use as a noun, amplifier denotes a piece of electronic equipment that makes a sound or signal louder or stronger and anything that makes something larger, stronger, or more intense. The same word family continues in derived forms such as bioamplifier, microamplifier, multiamplifier, and photoamplifier and related entries such as ample, amplifiable, amplification, and amplificatory.

## Topics
- Tools, Machines & Construction

markdown