Definition of enlarge in English:

enlarge

verb ɛnˈlɑːdʒɪnˈlɑːdʒ

1Make or become larger or more extensive.
（使）变大；（使）扩大
with object recently my son enlarged our garden pond
我儿子最近将我们花园里的池塘扩大了。
Example sentencesExamples
- If it persists or enlarges during the follow up period, it can be removed surgically.
- In other words council will continue and seek to enlarge its land development activities.
- Mr Bullimore said the farmer had a pond on his land enlarged and fenced off a 50m by 25m enclosure.
- Through 200 years they built and enlarged the great mosque in the center of the city.
- Boys become fitter and stronger, the shoulders enlarge and the legs lengthen.
- The first will be opened later this month and the developer plans to enlarge the marinas so they may hold over 30 boats in the future.
- When the heart is forced to work extra hard for an extended period of time, it tends to enlarge.
- We must also refine and enlarge our understanding of what constitutes human progress.
- We always seemed to have builders around us, extending and enlarging what was quickly becoming too small a premises for the rapidly expanding wholesale business.
- Also, we have been increasing the number of recruiters, enlarging bonuses and developing other initiatives to further encourage volunteers.
- She complained that the lesion had appeared recently and was enlarging.
- As smaller countries, their voting rights should be reduced in the new EU, which enlarges from 15 to 25 members next year.
- The main points in the strategy are to preserve the company's line of business and to secure funds for enlarging and upgrading its fleet.
- Family members continued to build up and enlarge the house over a period of 150 years.
- The intention was to convert the ground floor of a house into a farm shop, replace and enlarge the garden centre and coffee shop and landscape an overflow car park.
- The liver and spleen may enlarge, so that they can be felt on either side, just below the ribs.
- The tragedy enlarges through the day as war rages on in distant Iraq.
- It enlarges and focuses the image onto your wall.
- The owners have had the property enlarged and carried out extensive modernisation.
- He expands his fortune and enlarges his house.
Synonyms
make/become bigger, make/become larger, make/become greater, increase in size, grow, expand
extend, amplify, augment, top up, build up, add to, supplement
magnify, intensify, multiply
stretch, swell, distend, bloat, bulge, dilate, snowball, mushroom, blow up, puff up, fatten, fill out, balloon
widen, make/become wider, broaden, make/become broader, lengthen, elongate, make/become longer, deepen, make/become deeper, thicken, make/become thicker
informal jumboize
literary wax
rare tumefy, intumesce, protuberate
1. 1.1with object Develop a larger print of (a photograph)
  放大（照片）
  very often a favourite photograph is enlarged and framed
  Example sentencesExamples
  The resulting digital image has been enlarged and printed onto arches paper.
  You can print it as-is, taking up less than the full page, or enlarge it to fill the page as much as possible.
  By clicking on each image, the physician can further enlarge the photograph to full screen size.
  The pictures are ‘ideal for enlarging and for use at political rallies and demonstrations’!
  Photographs can be enlarged, so that even the impressions of the writings on stones could be clearly seen.
  The camera obscura was widely used in the 18th and 19th centuries for copying pictures and prints, and for reducing or enlarging their sizes in the process.
  With the spread of the internet and the computer, people can make something, print it out and enlarge it.
  She often enlarges aerial views and other scenes to a size at which the viewer feels unbalanced due to the lack of recognizable perspective.
  He invested in a digital video camera with an eye to making video, but found himself fascinated by enlarging still images on multiple pieces of paper on his inkjet printer.
  Up until this point I have been using Kodak film and having my negatives printed off and enlarging and framing them.
  She was on her way back from the forensics lab where she used their dark room to enlarge the photo of their suspect.
  So if you want to print your own photos and enlarge some of them, you will want to have a high resolution camera and shoot at the highest resolution possible.
  I decided to enlarge the photo to include a white field below the original image.
  Photo-finishing services can easily make copies while enlarging the print if desired and repairing any damage that has been done to the old photo.
  Each winning photograph has also been enlarged and framed as a memento of the event.
  The photographs were then enlarged and the diameters were determined by scale measurements from the size marker.
  He in turn captured them perfectly with his camera, and enlarging them added to their splendour.
  She enlarges this image as a laser print and then, following the photograph's main outlines, overpaints large sections of it with flat expanses of acrylic in muted tones.
  He first invents paintings and then photographs them, enlarging the images so that they take on a soft focus that seems to undermine the accuracy and truth of photography.

Phrasal Verbs

enlarge on/upon

Speak or write about (something) in greater detail.
详述，细说
I would like to enlarge on this theme
我想详细说明一下这一主题。
Example sentencesExamples
- As we began to create, just with a black wax pencil or black charcoal, enlarging on our chosen section, or erasing parts of it, it was amazing to see what both trained and untutored members of the class could do.
- That brings me on to your recommendation that you need dedicated grievance managers; would you like to enlarge on that?
- While agreeing with him, I would like to enlarge on his arguments.
- Before discussing how he proposed to get from the state of nature to civil society, it is worth enlarging on the details of the argument, all of which have proved contentious for generations of Hobbes's readers.
- In the second, Sayers develops and enlarges upon a number of the central themes of her understanding of Christianity.
- Apart from ‘some environmental benefits’ which have not been enlarged upon, no one has explained why the closure of Frenches Road is so important.
- As you would expect, there are extensive footnotes, enlarging on the points made in the text, and there is a substantial list of references.
- The report enlarges on this theme.
- Would you like to enlarge on your views in that area?
- The same authors wrote both books, enlarging upon the first with new information, and ending with the 1940s rather than about 1920.
Synonyms
elaborate on, expand on, add to, build on, flesh out, add flesh to, put flesh on the bones of, add detail to, expatiate on

Origin

Middle English (formerly also as inlarge): from Old French enlarger, from en- (expressing a change of state) + large 'large'.

Rhymes

barge, charge, large, marge, raj, reportage, sarge, sparge, Swaraj, taj, undercharge

Definition of enlarge in US English:

enlarge

verb

1Make or become bigger or more extensive.
（使）变大；（使）扩大
with object recently my son enlarged our garden pond
我儿子最近将我们花园里的池塘扩大了。
no object lymph nodes enlarge and become hard
淋巴结增大变硬。
Example sentencesExamples
- In other words council will continue and seek to enlarge its land development activities.
- The first will be opened later this month and the developer plans to enlarge the marinas so they may hold over 30 boats in the future.
- Family members continued to build up and enlarge the house over a period of 150 years.
- Through 200 years they built and enlarged the great mosque in the center of the city.
- As smaller countries, their voting rights should be reduced in the new EU, which enlarges from 15 to 25 members next year.
- When the heart is forced to work extra hard for an extended period of time, it tends to enlarge.
- The liver and spleen may enlarge, so that they can be felt on either side, just below the ribs.
- If it persists or enlarges during the follow up period, it can be removed surgically.
- The main points in the strategy are to preserve the company's line of business and to secure funds for enlarging and upgrading its fleet.
- The owners have had the property enlarged and carried out extensive modernisation.
- The tragedy enlarges through the day as war rages on in distant Iraq.
- We must also refine and enlarge our understanding of what constitutes human progress.
- It enlarges and focuses the image onto your wall.
- She complained that the lesion had appeared recently and was enlarging.
- Boys become fitter and stronger, the shoulders enlarge and the legs lengthen.
- Also, we have been increasing the number of recruiters, enlarging bonuses and developing other initiatives to further encourage volunteers.
- We always seemed to have builders around us, extending and enlarging what was quickly becoming too small a premises for the rapidly expanding wholesale business.
- Mr Bullimore said the farmer had a pond on his land enlarged and fenced off a 50m by 25m enclosure.
- He expands his fortune and enlarges his house.
- The intention was to convert the ground floor of a house into a farm shop, replace and enlarge the garden centre and coffee shop and landscape an overflow car park.
Synonyms
become bigger, make bigger, become larger, make larger, become greater, make greater, increase in size, grow, expand
1. 1.1with object Develop a bigger print of (a photograph).
  放大（照片）
  Example sentencesExamples
  Photographs can be enlarged, so that even the impressions of the writings on stones could be clearly seen.
  The pictures are ‘ideal for enlarging and for use at political rallies and demonstrations’!
  The camera obscura was widely used in the 18th and 19th centuries for copying pictures and prints, and for reducing or enlarging their sizes in the process.
  The photographs were then enlarged and the diameters were determined by scale measurements from the size marker.
  She often enlarges aerial views and other scenes to a size at which the viewer feels unbalanced due to the lack of recognizable perspective.
  Up until this point I have been using Kodak film and having my negatives printed off and enlarging and framing them.
  Each winning photograph has also been enlarged and framed as a memento of the event.
  Photo-finishing services can easily make copies while enlarging the print if desired and repairing any damage that has been done to the old photo.
  The resulting digital image has been enlarged and printed onto arches paper.
  By clicking on each image, the physician can further enlarge the photograph to full screen size.
  With the spread of the internet and the computer, people can make something, print it out and enlarge it.
  He first invents paintings and then photographs them, enlarging the images so that they take on a soft focus that seems to undermine the accuracy and truth of photography.
  She was on her way back from the forensics lab where she used their dark room to enlarge the photo of their suspect.
  She enlarges this image as a laser print and then, following the photograph's main outlines, overpaints large sections of it with flat expanses of acrylic in muted tones.
  You can print it as-is, taking up less than the full page, or enlarge it to fill the page as much as possible.
  So if you want to print your own photos and enlarge some of them, you will want to have a high resolution camera and shoot at the highest resolution possible.
  He invested in a digital video camera with an eye to making video, but found himself fascinated by enlarging still images on multiple pieces of paper on his inkjet printer.
  I decided to enlarge the photo to include a white field below the original image.
  He in turn captured them perfectly with his camera, and enlarging them added to their splendour.

Phrasal Verbs

enlarge on/upon

Speak or write about (something) in greater detail.
详述，细说
I would like to enlarge on this theme
我想详细说明一下这一主题。
Example sentencesExamples
- The same authors wrote both books, enlarging upon the first with new information, and ending with the 1940s rather than about 1920.
- Apart from ‘some environmental benefits’ which have not been enlarged upon, no one has explained why the closure of Frenches Road is so important.
- In the second, Sayers develops and enlarges upon a number of the central themes of her understanding of Christianity.
- The report enlarges on this theme.
- Before discussing how he proposed to get from the state of nature to civil society, it is worth enlarging on the details of the argument, all of which have proved contentious for generations of Hobbes's readers.
- Would you like to enlarge on your views in that area?
- As we began to create, just with a black wax pencil or black charcoal, enlarging on our chosen section, or erasing parts of it, it was amazing to see what both trained and untutored members of the class could do.
- As you would expect, there are extensive footnotes, enlarging on the points made in the text, and there is a substantial list of references.
- While agreeing with him, I would like to enlarge on his arguments.
- That brings me on to your recommendation that you need dedicated grievance managers; would you like to enlarge on that?
Synonyms
elaborate on, expand on, add to, build on, flesh out, add flesh to, put flesh on the bones of, add detail to, expatiate on

Origin

Middle English (formerly also as inlarge): from Old French enlarger, from en- (expressing a change of state) + large ‘large’.

单词	enlarge
释义	Definition of enlarge in English: enlarge verb ɛnˈlɑːdʒɪnˈlɑːdʒ 1Make or become larger or more extensive. （使）变大；（使）扩大 with object recently my son enlarged our garden pond 我儿子最近将我们花园里的池塘扩大了。 Example sentencesExamples If it persists or enlarges during the follow up period, it can be removed surgically. In other words council will continue and seek to enlarge its land development activities. Mr Bullimore said the farmer had a pond on his land enlarged and fenced off a 50m by 25m enclosure. Through 200 years they built and enlarged the great mosque in the center of the city. Boys become fitter and stronger, the shoulders enlarge and the legs lengthen. The first will be opened later this month and the developer plans to enlarge the marinas so they may hold over 30 boats in the future. When the heart is forced to work extra hard for an extended period of time, it tends to enlarge. We must also refine and enlarge our understanding of what constitutes human progress. We always seemed to have builders around us, extending and enlarging what was quickly becoming too small a premises for the rapidly expanding wholesale business. Also, we have been increasing the number of recruiters, enlarging bonuses and developing other initiatives to further encourage volunteers. She complained that the lesion had appeared recently and was enlarging. As smaller countries, their voting rights should be reduced in the new EU, which enlarges from 15 to 25 members next year. The main points in the strategy are to preserve the company's line of business and to secure funds for enlarging and upgrading its fleet. Family members continued to build up and enlarge the house over a period of 150 years. The intention was to convert the ground floor of a house into a farm shop, replace and enlarge the garden centre and coffee shop and landscape an overflow car park. The liver and spleen may enlarge, so that they can be felt on either side, just below the ribs. The tragedy enlarges through the day as war rages on in distant Iraq. It enlarges and focuses the image onto your wall. The owners have had the property enlarged and carried out extensive modernisation. He expands his fortune and enlarges his house. Synonyms make/become bigger, make/become larger, make/become greater, increase in size, grow, expand extend, amplify, augment, top up, build up, add to, supplement magnify, intensify, multiply stretch, swell, distend, bloat, bulge, dilate, snowball, mushroom, blow up, puff up, fatten, fill out, balloon widen, make/become wider, broaden, make/become broader, lengthen, elongate, make/become longer, deepen, make/become deeper, thicken, make/become thicker informal jumboize literary wax rare tumefy, intumesce, protuberate 1.1with object Develop a larger print of (a photograph) 放大（照片） very often a favourite photograph is enlarged and framed Example sentencesExamples The resulting digital image has been enlarged and printed onto arches paper. You can print it as-is, taking up less than the full page, or enlarge it to fill the page as much as possible. By clicking on each image, the physician can further enlarge the photograph to full screen size. The pictures are ‘ideal for enlarging and for use at political rallies and demonstrations’! Photographs can be enlarged, so that even the impressions of the writings on stones could be clearly seen. The camera obscura was widely used in the 18th and 19th centuries for copying pictures and prints, and for reducing or enlarging their sizes in the process. With the spread of the internet and the computer, people can make something, print it out and enlarge it. She often enlarges aerial views and other scenes to a size at which the viewer feels unbalanced due to the lack of recognizable perspective. He invested in a digital video camera with an eye to making video, but found himself fascinated by enlarging still images on multiple pieces of paper on his inkjet printer. Up until this point I have been using Kodak film and having my negatives printed off and enlarging and framing them. She was on her way back from the forensics lab where she used their dark room to enlarge the photo of their suspect. So if you want to print your own photos and enlarge some of them, you will want to have a high resolution camera and shoot at the highest resolution possible. I decided to enlarge the photo to include a white field below the original image. Photo-finishing services can easily make copies while enlarging the print if desired and repairing any damage that has been done to the old photo. Each winning photograph has also been enlarged and framed as a memento of the event. The photographs were then enlarged and the diameters were determined by scale measurements from the size marker. He in turn captured them perfectly with his camera, and enlarging them added to their splendour. She enlarges this image as a laser print and then, following the photograph's main outlines, overpaints large sections of it with flat expanses of acrylic in muted tones. He first invents paintings and then photographs them, enlarging the images so that they take on a soft focus that seems to undermine the accuracy and truth of photography. Phrasal Verbs enlarge on/upon Speak or write about (something) in greater detail. 详述，细说 I would like to enlarge on this theme 我想详细说明一下这一主题。 Example sentencesExamples As we began to create, just with a black wax pencil or black charcoal, enlarging on our chosen section, or erasing parts of it, it was amazing to see what both trained and untutored members of the class could do. That brings me on to your recommendation that you need dedicated grievance managers; would you like to enlarge on that? While agreeing with him, I would like to enlarge on his arguments. Before discussing how he proposed to get from the state of nature to civil society, it is worth enlarging on the details of the argument, all of which have proved contentious for generations of Hobbes's readers. In the second, Sayers develops and enlarges upon a number of the central themes of her understanding of Christianity. Apart from ‘some environmental benefits’ which have not been enlarged upon, no one has explained why the closure of Frenches Road is so important. As you would expect, there are extensive footnotes, enlarging on the points made in the text, and there is a substantial list of references. The report enlarges on this theme. Would you like to enlarge on your views in that area? The same authors wrote both books, enlarging upon the first with new information, and ending with the 1940s rather than about 1920. Synonyms elaborate on, expand on, add to, build on, flesh out, add flesh to, put flesh on the bones of, add detail to, expatiate on Origin Middle English (formerly also as inlarge): from Old French enlarger, from en- (expressing a change of state) + large 'large'. Rhymes barge, charge, large, marge, raj, reportage, sarge, sparge, Swaraj, taj, undercharge verb.1 phr.v. Definition of enlarge in US English: enlarge verb 1Make or become bigger or more extensive. （使）变大；（使）扩大 with object recently my son enlarged our garden pond 我儿子最近将我们花园里的池塘扩大了。 no object lymph nodes enlarge and become hard 淋巴结增大变硬。 Example sentencesExamples In other words council will continue and seek to enlarge its land development activities. The first will be opened later this month and the developer plans to enlarge the marinas so they may hold over 30 boats in the future. Family members continued to build up and enlarge the house over a period of 150 years. Through 200 years they built and enlarged the great mosque in the center of the city. As smaller countries, their voting rights should be reduced in the new EU, which enlarges from 15 to 25 members next year. When the heart is forced to work extra hard for an extended period of time, it tends to enlarge. The liver and spleen may enlarge, so that they can be felt on either side, just below the ribs. If it persists or enlarges during the follow up period, it can be removed surgically. The main points in the strategy are to preserve the company's line of business and to secure funds for enlarging and upgrading its fleet. The owners have had the property enlarged and carried out extensive modernisation. The tragedy enlarges through the day as war rages on in distant Iraq. We must also refine and enlarge our understanding of what constitutes human progress. It enlarges and focuses the image onto your wall. She complained that the lesion had appeared recently and was enlarging. Boys become fitter and stronger, the shoulders enlarge and the legs lengthen. Also, we have been increasing the number of recruiters, enlarging bonuses and developing other initiatives to further encourage volunteers. We always seemed to have builders around us, extending and enlarging what was quickly becoming too small a premises for the rapidly expanding wholesale business. Mr Bullimore said the farmer had a pond on his land enlarged and fenced off a 50m by 25m enclosure. He expands his fortune and enlarges his house. The intention was to convert the ground floor of a house into a farm shop, replace and enlarge the garden centre and coffee shop and landscape an overflow car park. Synonyms become bigger, make bigger, become larger, make larger, become greater, make greater, increase in size, grow, expand 1.1with object Develop a bigger print of (a photograph). 放大（照片） Example sentencesExamples Photographs can be enlarged, so that even the impressions of the writings on stones could be clearly seen. The pictures are ‘ideal for enlarging and for use at political rallies and demonstrations’! The camera obscura was widely used in the 18th and 19th centuries for copying pictures and prints, and for reducing or enlarging their sizes in the process. The photographs were then enlarged and the diameters were determined by scale measurements from the size marker. She often enlarges aerial views and other scenes to a size at which the viewer feels unbalanced due to the lack of recognizable perspective. Up until this point I have been using Kodak film and having my negatives printed off and enlarging and framing them. Each winning photograph has also been enlarged and framed as a memento of the event. Photo-finishing services can easily make copies while enlarging the print if desired and repairing any damage that has been done to the old photo. The resulting digital image has been enlarged and printed onto arches paper. By clicking on each image, the physician can further enlarge the photograph to full screen size. With the spread of the internet and the computer, people can make something, print it out and enlarge it. He first invents paintings and then photographs them, enlarging the images so that they take on a soft focus that seems to undermine the accuracy and truth of photography. She was on her way back from the forensics lab where she used their dark room to enlarge the photo of their suspect. She enlarges this image as a laser print and then, following the photograph's main outlines, overpaints large sections of it with flat expanses of acrylic in muted tones. You can print it as-is, taking up less than the full page, or enlarge it to fill the page as much as possible. So if you want to print your own photos and enlarge some of them, you will want to have a high resolution camera and shoot at the highest resolution possible. He invested in a digital video camera with an eye to making video, but found himself fascinated by enlarging still images on multiple pieces of paper on his inkjet printer. I decided to enlarge the photo to include a white field below the original image. He in turn captured them perfectly with his camera, and enlarging them added to their splendour. Phrasal Verbs enlarge on/upon Speak or write about (something) in greater detail. 详述，细说 I would like to enlarge on this theme 我想详细说明一下这一主题。 Example sentencesExamples The same authors wrote both books, enlarging upon the first with new information, and ending with the 1940s rather than about 1920. Apart from ‘some environmental benefits’ which have not been enlarged upon, no one has explained why the closure of Frenches Road is so important. In the second, Sayers develops and enlarges upon a number of the central themes of her understanding of Christianity. The report enlarges on this theme. Before discussing how he proposed to get from the state of nature to civil society, it is worth enlarging on the details of the argument, all of which have proved contentious for generations of Hobbes's readers. Would you like to enlarge on your views in that area? As we began to create, just with a black wax pencil or black charcoal, enlarging on our chosen section, or erasing parts of it, it was amazing to see what both trained and untutored members of the class could do. As you would expect, there are extensive footnotes, enlarging on the points made in the text, and there is a substantial list of references. While agreeing with him, I would like to enlarge on his arguments. That brings me on to your recommendation that you need dedicated grievance managers; would you like to enlarge on that? Synonyms elaborate on, expand on, add to, build on, flesh out, add flesh to, put flesh on the bones of, add detail to, expatiate on Origin Middle English (formerly also as inlarge): from Old French enlarger, from en- (expressing a change of state) + large ‘large’. verb.1 phr.v.
随便看	make plain/clear make plainer make plans make plans for make play of make play with make play with make play with make point make poor make poor use of make possible make powerless make preparations make preparations for make presence felt make presence felt make presentable make pretty make productive make progress make progress/headway make prone make provision make provision for