enlargement

enlargement

English

Etymology

enlarge +‎ -ment

Noun

enlargement (countable and uncountable, plural enlargements)

1. The act of making something larger.

   Rick was ashamed about the size of his penis, so he had a penis enlargement.

2. (figuratively) A making more obvious or serious; exacerbation.
   • 1874, Thomas Hardy, Far From the Madding Crowd, 2005 Barnes & Noble Classics publication of 1912 Wessex edition, p.337

     Bathsheba underwent the enlargement of her husband's absence from hours to days with a slight feeling of surprise, and a slight feeling of relief; yet neither sensation rose at any time far above the level commonly designated as indifference.

3. An image, particularly a photograph, that has been enlarged.
4. (obsolete) Freedom from confinement; liberty.
   • William Shakespeare

     Go, tenderness of years; take this key, give enlargement to the swain, bring him festinately hither.

5. Diffuseness of speech or writing; a speaking at length.

Translations

Act of making larger

Bulgarian: увеличаване (bg) n (uveličavane), уголемяване (bg) n (ugolemjavane) Czech: zvětšení n, zvětšování n Dutch: vergroting (nl) f French: élargissement (fr), agrandissement (fr) Georgian: გაფართოება (gapartoeba) German: Vergrößerung (de) f, Erweiterung (de) Greek: μεγέθυνση (el) f (megéthynsi), διεύρυνση (el) f (diévrynsi) Maori: whakarahinga

Norwegian: Bokmål: forstørrelse m Polish: powiększenie (pl) n, zwiększenie (pl) n Portuguese: aumento (pt) m, ampliação (pt) f Russian: увеличе́ние (ru) n (uveličénije) Spanish: agrandamiento (es) m Swedish: förstoring (sv) c Turkish: büyüme (tr)

something that has been made larger such as a picture or diagram

Czech: zvětšenina (cs) f Greek: μεγέθυνση (el) f (megéthynsi) Maori: whakarahinga

Norwegian: Bokmål: forstørrelse m Spanish: ampliación (es) f