amplify

B2 Topic:Cause, Change & Process

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

Freq #29400

Meanings

1

verb
To make a sound louder.

He used a microphone to amplify his voice across the hall.
2

verb
To make something larger, stronger, or more important.

Their angry comments only amplified the problem.
3

verb
To increase the strength of an electrical signal.

This circuit amplifies the signal before it reaches the speakers.

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2 verb · to make something larger,... magnify inflate

Word family

Forms amplifiedamplifiesamplifying

Derived forms amplicantamplifiabilityamplitronautoamplifybioamplifycoamplifydeamplifynonamplifyingoveramplifypreamplifyreamplifyunderamplify

Related forms ampleamplifiableamplification amplificatory amplifier amplitude

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin amplus Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-fakāō Latin -ficō Latin amplificārebor. Old French amplifierbor. Middle English amplifiyen English amplify Inherited from Middle English amplifiyen, borrowed from Old French amplifier, borrowed from Latin amplificāre, from amplus (“abundant, ample”) + -ficō. By surface analysis, ample + -ify.

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# amplify

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈæm.plə.faɪ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈæm.plə.faɪ/
**Frequency rank:** 29400

## Meanings
1. To make a sound louder.
2. To make something larger, stronger, or more important.
3. To increase the strength of an electrical signal.

## Examples
- He used a microphone to amplify his voice across the hall.
- Their angry comments only amplified the problem.
- This circuit amplifies the signal before it reaches the speakers.

## Derived Forms
- amplicant
- amplifiability
- amplitron
- autoamplify
- bioamplify
- coamplify
- deamplify
- nonamplifying
- overamplify
- preamplify
- reamplify
- underamplify

## Related Forms
- ample
- amplifiable
- amplification
- amplificatory
- amplifier
- amplitude

## Etymology
Etymology tree Latin amplus Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-fakāō Latin -ficō Latin amplificārebor. Old French amplifierbor. Middle English amplifiyen English amplify Inherited from Middle English amplifiyen, borrowed from Old French amplifier, borrowed from Latin amplificāre, from amplus (“abundant, ample”) + -ficō. By surface analysis, ample + -ify.

## AI Etymology
Amplify is inherited from Middle English amplifiyen, borrowed from Old French amplifier, borrowed from Latin amplificāre, from amplus (“abundant, ample”) plus -ficō. By surface analysis, ample plus -ify. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern verbal form is built from the named base and affix.

## Topics
- Cause, Change & Process

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