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Meaning of Enlargement | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1
ɪnˈlɑːd͡ʒ.mənt

Definitions

  1. Expand (do wider, augment in size, depth, content, quantity, length, etc.).
  2. An act or instance of making something larger.
  3. A making more obvious or serious; exacerbation.
  4. An image, particularly a photograph, that has been enlarged.
  5. Freedom from confinement; liberty.
  6. Diffuseness of speech or writing; a speaking at length.

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Examples

“Rick was ashamed about the size of his penis, so he had a penis enlargement.”
“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.”
“Go, tenderness of years; take this key, give enlargement to the swain, bring him festinately hither.”
“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.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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