enlargement C2+ Topic:Law & Government US /ɛnˈlɑrdʒmənt/ UK /ɪnˈlɑːdʒmənt/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun the act of making larger or the state of being enlarged He ordered an enlargement of the photograph for the gallery wall. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the act of making larger or... expansionextensionincreaseamplificationgrowthaugmentationdilation ↔ Opposites reductioncontractiondiminutionshrinkage Word family Related forms enlargelargeenlarger Etymology AI details From enlarge + -ment, the verb from Old French enlargier, from en- + large, from Latin largus ('abundant'). largus Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Law & Government Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # enlargement **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ɛnˈlɑrdʒmənt/ **IPA (UK):** /ɪnˈlɑːdʒmənt/ ## Meanings 1. the act of making larger or the state of being enlarged ## Examples - He ordered an enlargement of the photograph for the gallery wall. ## Synonyms - expansion - extension - increase - amplification - growth - augmentation - dilation ## Antonyms - reduction - contraction - diminution - shrinkage ## Related Forms - enlarge - large - enlarger ## Roots and Affixes - Root: largus ## Etymology From enlarge + -ment, the verb from Old French enlargier, from en- + large, from Latin largus ('abundant'). ## AI Etymology Enlargement comes from enlarge + -ment, the verb from Old French enlargier, from en- + large, from Latin largus ('abundant'). The etymological trail includes Latin largus. As a noun, enlargement names the act of making larger or the state of being enlarged. The same family is visible in related forms such as enlarge, large, and enlarger. The analysis is partly morphological, with the modern form built from the elements named in the history. ## Topics - Law & Government - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown