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enlargement
English
Etymology
enlarge +? -ment
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?l??(?)d??m?nt/
Noun
enlargement (countable and uncountable, plural enlargements)
- An act or instance of making something larger.
- (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.
- 1874, Thomas Hardy, Far From the Madding Crowd, 2005 Barnes & Noble Classics publication of 1912 Wessex edition, p.337
- An image, particularly a photograph, that has been enlarged.
- (obsolete) Freedom from confinement; liberty.
- 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.
- 1897, Peter Joseph Cooke, Forensic Eloquence (page 40)
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fruition
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?f?u?.??.?n/
- (US) IPA(key): /f?u.???.?n/
- Hyphenation: fru?ition
- Rhymes: -???n
Etymology 1
From Latin fruiti? (“enjoyment”).
Noun
fruition (countable and uncountable, plural fruitions)
- The fulfillment of something worked for.
- The enjoyment derived from a possession.
Translations
Etymology 2
Erroneously from fruit (though now standard usage)
Noun
fruition (plural fruitions)
- The condition of bearing fruit.
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