{
    "term": "amplify",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "amplify",
            "heSheIt": "amplifies"
        },
        "pastSimple": "amplified",
        "pastParticiple": "amplified",
        "ingForm": "amplifying"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to increase something in strength, especially sound",
            "sensetop": "amplify something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to **amplify a guitar/an electric current/a signal**"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Music"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to add details to a story, statement, etc.",
            "sensetop": "amplify something",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She refused to amplify further."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You may need to amplify this point.",
                    "contextForm": "amplify something"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈæmplɪfaɪ/",
                "audio": "am/amplify/amplify__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈæmplɪfaɪz/",
                "audio": "am/amplify/amplifies__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈæmplɪfaɪd/",
                "audio": "am/amplify/amplified__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈæmplɪfaɪɪŋ/",
                "audio": "am/amplify/amplifying__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈæmplɪfaɪ/",
                "audio": "am/amplify/amplify__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈæmplɪfaɪz/",
                "audio": "am/amplify/amplifies__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈæmplɪfaɪd/",
                "audio": "am/amplify/amplified__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈæmplɪfaɪɪŋ/",
                "audio": "am/amplify/amplifying__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the general sense ‘increase, augment’): from Old French amplifier, from Latin amplificare, from amplus ‘large, abundant’."
}