 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
enlargement
noun
1: the act of increasing (something) in size or volume or
quantity or scope [syn: {expansion}] [ant: {contraction}]
2: a discussion that provides additional information [syn: {expansion},
{elaboration}]
3: a photographic print that has been enlarged [syn: {blowup},
{magnification}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Enlargement \En*large"ment\, noun
1. The act of increasing in size or bulk, real or apparent;
the state of being increased; augmentation; further
extension; expansion.
2. Expansion or extension, as of the powers of the mind;
ennoblement, as of the feelings and character; as, an
enlargement of views, of knowledge, of affection.
3. A setting at large, or being set at large; release from
confinement, servitude, or distress; liberty.
Give enlargement to the swain. --Shak.
4. Diffusiveness of speech or writing; expatiation; a wide
range of discourse or argument.
An enlargement upon the vices and corruptions that
were got into the army. --Clarendon.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
173 Moby Thesaurus words for "enlargement":
Ditto copy, Photostat, Xerox, Xerox copy, access, accession,
accomplishment, accretion, accrual, accruement, accumulation,
addition, adjunct, advance, advancement, aggrandizement,
aggravation, ampliation, amplification, annoyance, appreciation,
ascent, augmentation, ballooning, ballyhoo, big talk, bloating,
blossoming, blowing up, blowup, blueprint, boom, boost, broadening,
buildup, burlesque, caricature, contact print, contact printing,
contentiousness, crescendo, cyanotype, deepening,
deliberate aggravation, deployment, deterioration, development,
developmental change, dilatation, dilation, dispersion, edema,
elaboration, elevation, embittering, embitterment, enhancement,
evolution, evolutionary change, evolvement, evolving, exacerbation,
exaggerating, exaggeration, exasperation, excess, exorbitance,
expansion, expatiation, explication, extension, extravagance,
extreme, fanning out, flare, flood, flowering, furtherance, gain,
glossy, gradual change, grandiloquence, greatening, growth, gush,
hectograph copy, heightening, hike, hiking, hologram, huckstering,
hyperbole, hyperbolism, impress, impression, increase, increment,
inflation, inordinacy, intensification, irritation, jump,
lantern slide, leap, magnification, matte, maturation, microcopy,
microprint, mimeograph copy, mounting, multiplication,
natural development, natural growth, negative, nonviolent change,
offprint, overemphasis, overestimation, overkill, overstatement,
photocopy, photograph, photogravure, photostatic copy, positive,
print, prodigality, productiveness, profuseness, progress,
progression, projection printing, proliferation, proof,
provocation, puffery, puffing up, raise, raising, reprint,
ripening, rise, semi-matte, sensationalism, sharpening, slide,
snowballing, souring, splay, spread, spreading, stat, stretching,
superlative, surge, swelling, tall talk, touting, transparency,
travesty, tumescence, unfolding, up, upping, upsurge, upswing,
uptrend, upturn, waxing, widening, working-out, worsening
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