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enlargement

English

Etymology

enlarge +? -ment

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?n?l??(?)d??m?nt/

Noun

enlargement (countable and uncountable, plural enlargements)

  1. An act or instance of making something larger.
  2. (figuratively) A making more obvious or serious; exacerbation.
    • 1874, Thomas Hardy, Far From the Madding Crowd, 2005 Barnes & Noble Classics publication of 1912 Wessex edition, p.337
      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.
  3. An image, particularly a photograph, that has been enlarged.
  4. (obsolete) Freedom from confinement; liberty.
  5. Diffuseness of speech or writing; a speaking at length.
    • 1897, Peter Joseph Cooke, Forensic Eloquence (page 40)
      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.

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distention

English

Alternative forms

  • distension

Etymology

From Middle French distension

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d?s?t?n??n/

Noun

distention (countable and uncountable, plural distentions)

  1. The act of distending.

Translations

Anagrams

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