🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

放大

Pronunciation / Transliteration: fàngdà

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
amplify/ˈæmplɪfaɪ/
verbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"这台设备可以放大声音。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

1 sense
As verb
  1. 1

    To increase the volume of sound, or to make something louder, stronger, or more intense.

    "The microphone is used to amplify the singer's voice."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Late Middle English: from Old French amplifier, from Latin amplificare, from amplus 'large, spacious'.

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