{
    "term": "magnify",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "magnify",
            "heSheIt": "magnifies"
        },
        "pastSimple": "magnified",
        "pastParticiple": "magnified",
        "ingForm": "magnifying"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to make something look bigger than it really is, for example by using a lens or microscope",
            "sensetop": "magnify something (to/by something)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "bacteria magnified to 1 000 times their actual size"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an image magnified by a factor of 4"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The picture shows the insect’s head magnified ten times."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "enlarge",
            "topics": ["Engineering"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["greatly", "highly"],
                "phrases": ["magnify something 50, 100, etc. times"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to make something bigger, louder or stronger",
            "sensetop": "magnify something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The sound was magnified by the high roof."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The dry summer has magnified the problem of water shortages."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["greatly", "highly"],
                "phrases": ["magnify something 50, 100, etc. times"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to make something seem more important or serious than it really is",
            "sensetop": "magnify something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The daring of his exploits had been hugely magnified by constant telling."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "exaggerate",
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["greatly", "highly"],
                "phrases": ["magnify something 50, 100, etc. times"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmæɡnɪfaɪ/",
                "audio": "ma/magnify/magnify__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmæɡnɪfaɪz/",
                "audio": "ma/magnify/magnifies__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmæɡnɪfaɪd/",
                "audio": "ma/magnify/magnified__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmæɡnɪfaɪɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ma/magnify/magnifying__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmæɡnɪfaɪ/",
                "audio": "ma/magnify/magnify__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmæɡnɪfaɪz/",
                "audio": "ma/magnify/magnifies__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmæɡnɪfaɪd/",
                "audio": "ma/magnify/magnified__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmæɡnɪfaɪɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ma/magnify/magnifying__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the senses ‘show honour to (God)’ and ‘make greater’): from Old French magnifier or Latin magnificare, based on Latin magnus ‘great’. The current senses date from the mid 17th cent."
}