enlarge

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb make larger
  2. verb make large
  3. verb become larger or bigger

Etymology

From Middle English enlargen, from Old French enlargier, enlargir. By surface analysis, en- + large.

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