English Dictionary

magnify

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈmaɡnɪfaɪ/

動詞

他動詞 自動詞 廃用 俗語

(transitive) To praise, glorify (someone or something, especially God). / (transitive) To make (something) larger or more important.

日本語の意味

（他動詞）大きくする、拡大する、または重要性を増す / （他動詞）讃える、賛美する

During the hymn, the congregation rose to magnify the Lord with heartfelt songs.

賛美歌の間、会衆は心のこもった歌で主をほめたたえるために立ち上がった。

意味（1）

(transitive) To praise, glorify (someone or something, especially God).

For they herde them speake with tonges, and magnify God.

意味（2）

(transitive) To make (something) larger or more important.

But through the oligopoly, charcoal fuel proliferated throughout London's trades and industries. By the 1200s, brewers and bakers, tilemakers, glassblowers, pottery producers, and a range of other craftsmen all became hour-to-hour consumers of charcoal. This only magnified the indispensable nature of the oligopolists.

意味（3）

(transitive) To make (someone or something) appear greater or more important than it is; to intensify, exaggerate.

意味（4）

(transitive) To make (something) appear larger by means of a lens, magnifying glass, telescope etc.

Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus. That’s because the lenses that are excellent at magnifying tiny subjects produce a narrow depth of field. A photo processing technique called focus stacking has changed that.

意味（5）

(intransitive, slang, obsolete) To have effect; to be of importance or significance.

My Governess[…]told him I was continually eating some Trash or other.[…]But this magnified but little with my Father.

magnifies （ present singular third-person ）

magnifying （ participle present ）

magnified （ participle past ）

magnified （ past ）