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# magnify

«magnify» in Mova's school dictionary: **To make something look bigger than it really is, using a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (magnify, magnifies, magnified, magnifying)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To make something look bigger than it really is, using a lens or microscope. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/magnify/#m1)

2) To make something seem bigger, more important or worse than it really is. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/magnify/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science, a magnifying glass (hand lens) magnifies minibeasts, leaves, crystals and fingerprints; a microscope magnifies cells many times. «Magnified ten times» (×10) means it looks ten times bigger in length. In safety, never look at the Sun through a magnifying glass, and a lens in sunlight can start a fire. Phrases: «magnifying glass», «magnified ×10», «magnify a problem».

### examples

- Use a magnifying glass to look at the ant. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/magnify/#x1)
- The microscope magnifies the onion cells 100 times. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/magnify/#x2)
- Under the lens, the snowflake was magnified. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/magnify/#x3)
- Never use a magnifying glass to look at the Sun. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/magnify/#x4)
- A magnifying glass in sunlight can start a fire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/magnify/#x5)
- Worrying can magnify a small problem. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/magnify/#x6)
- The picture of the flea was magnified to fill the page. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/magnify/#x7)
- Detectives use magnifying glasses to look for clues. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/magnify/#x8)
- Those who do not like him, magnify it, shrug up their shoulders, and exclaim--there he is again! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/magnify/#x9)

### note

Spelling: magnify, magnifies, magnified (y → ie), magnifying (keeps y). Noun: «magnification». In maths, «×3 magnification» means lengths are 3 times bigger: a 2 mm insect looks 6 mm long. The object does not really grow.

### In the corpora

- [A detective does not need a magnifying glass, only careful eyes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/18-inference-reading-between-the-lines/3/)
- [A magnifying glass in sunshine focuses heat that burns insects, so it is never used on living things.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/71-wild-animals-zoos-and-kindness/14/)
- [A doctor looks inside the ear with an otoscope, a small torch with a magnifying lens.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/9-sore-throats-ears-and-eyes/16/)
- [A magnifying glass is thicker in the middle and bends light inwards, making small things look bigger.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/physics/22-lenses-and-eyes/5/)
- [And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he hath magnified himself against the LORD.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1278/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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