Dictionary

enlargement en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ɪnˈlɑɹd͡ʒ.mənt/ (Canada, US)
• /ɪnˈlaːd͡ʒ.mənt/ (Australia)
• /ɪnˈlɑːd͡ʒ.mənt/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree English enlarge Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English enlargement From enlarge + -ment.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) An act or instance of making something larger.
   • Rick was ashamed about the size of his penis, so he had a penis enlargement.
2. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) A making more obvious or serious; exacerbation.
   • 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. 1874, Thomas Hardy, Far From the Madding Crowd, 2005 Barnes & Noble Classics publication of 1912 Wessex edition, p.337
3. (countable, uncountable) An image, particularly a photograph, that has been enlarged.
4. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Freedom from confinement; liberty.
   • Go, tenderness of years; take this key, give enlargement to the swain, bring him festinately hither. c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:
5. (countable, uncountable) Diffuseness of speech or writing; a speaking at length.
   • Briefly, a discourse generally consists in some prefatory remarks which pave the way as it were for the enlargement upon which a speaker usually enters when he speaks to any purpose. 1897, Peter Joseph Cooke, Forensic Eloquence, page 40:
   • He could discover very little further interest in his breakfast and turned to the other papers for possible enlargement of the details. 1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC:

Forms

Deriveds

benign prostate enlargement

Translations (38)

el μεγέθυνση (something that has been made larger such as a picture or diagram) · el διεύρυνση (Act of making larger) · pl zwiększenie (Act of making larger) · fi suurentaminen (Act of making larger) · pt ampliação (Act of making larger) · nb forstørrelse (something that has been made larger such as a picture or diagram) · el μεγέθυνση (Act of making larger) · da udvidelse (Act of making larger) · de Erweiterung (Act of making larger) · pt aumento (Act of making larger) · cs zvětšování (Act of making larger) · fr agrandissement (Act of making larger) · nb forstørrelse (Act of making larger) · de Vergrößerung (Act of making larger) · nl vergroting (Act of making larger) · ru увеличе́ние (Act of making larger) · bg уголемяване (Act of making larger) · ar تَوْسِيع (Act of making larger) · cs zvětšení (Act of making larger) · ka გაფართოება (Act of making larger) · fi suurennos (something that has been made larger such as a picture or diagram) · la prōlātiō (Act of making larger) · es agrandamiento (Act of making larger) · it aumento (Act of making larger) · es ampliación (something that has been made larger such as a picture or diagram) · sv förstoring (Act of making larger) · it ingrandimento (something that has been made larger such as a picture or diagram) · da forstørrelse (Act of making larger) · fi suurennus (Act of making larger) · mi whakarahinga (Act of making larger) · mi whakarahinga (something that has been made larger such as a picture or diagram) · pl powiększenie (Act of making larger) · fr élargissement (Act of making larger) · bg увеличаване (Act of making larger) · da forstørrelse (something that has been made larger such as a picture or diagram) · tr büyüme (Act of making larger) · it ingrossamento (Act of making larger) · cs zvětšenina (something that has been made larger such as a picture or diagram)