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# enlarged

«enlarged» in Mova's school dictionary: **Made bigger: an enlarged photo** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective; verb form (enlarge, enlarges, enlarged, enlarging)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Made bigger: an enlarged photo. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enlarged/#m1)

2) (medicine) Bigger than normal, often because of illness: an enlarged heart. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enlarged/#m2)

3) (past of enlarge) Made something bigger: We enlarged the picture. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enlarged/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In maths «enlarged» shapes keep the same angles but get longer sides — the scale factor tells you how many times bigger; in art and photocopying you enlarge pictures. Phrases: «enlarged by a scale factor of 2», «enlarged photo», «an enlarged copy».

### examples

- The triangle was enlarged by a scale factor of 3, so a 2 cm side became 6 cm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enlarged/#x1)
- We enlarged the map so we could read it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enlarged/#x2)
- The doctor said his tonsils were enlarged. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enlarged/#x3)
- The enlarged photo hung on the wall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enlarged/#x4)
- The school enlarged the playground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enlarged/#x5)
- Under a magnifying glass the ant looks enlarged. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enlarged/#x6)
- As he grew older he enlarged the hole, and slipped out two or three times every day to play with the little nobles in the town. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enlarged/#x7)

### note

Opposite: reduced. In maths, an enlargement by scale factor k multiplies every length by k (the area is multiplied by k × k). Enlarge = make larger; it does not change the shape.

### In the corpora

- [Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, and my feet have not slipped.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.696/)
- [Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, and my feet have not slipped.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.248/)
- [The troubles of my heart are enlarged; O bring Thou me out of my distresses.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.375/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «enlarged» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enlarged/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.