to amplify

Examples

• All

• Utilizing our equipment, I'm going to amplify the brainwaves of the participants.

  The Apparition (2012)

• Using a microphone can effectively amplify your voice during the presentation.

• We can now amplify the string section and hear it.

• I could use the stadium to amplify a signal that might stop these attacks.

  Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)

• Now, the hearing aid only amplifies the sound.

  Sweet Nothing in My Ear (2008)

• They take available light and amplify it into an image we can see.

  Sexual Predator (2001)

• It can amplify a recognition signal like a voice.

  Danny Jones

• You can amplify the magnetic resonance using materials on hand.

  Mortal Engines (2018)

• That signal has been sent back to us hugely amplified... ...an unmistakable sign of intelligence.

  Contact (1997)

• This megaphone amplified my voice tenfold so that it wasn't just heard by the people I knew.

Synonyms

H

to heighten

vsto amplify

120 4.1

To make a feeling, effect or situation stronger

applies only to increasing sound or electrical signal loudness, not feelings

I

to intensify

vsto amplify

99 4.0

Make something stronger or more intense

is limited to increasing audio or electrical signal loudness specifically

C

to crank up

vsto amplify

• Informal

50 3.8

To increase the level or strength of something, for example volume, production

is specific to increasing sound or electrical signal loudness using equipment

A

to augment

vsto amplify

41 5.3

To make something bigger by adding more to it

refers narrowly to making sound or electrical signals louder rather than adding parts

T

to turn up the volume

vsto amplify

10 2.0

Make the sound from a radio, TV, or speaker louder

covers making signals louder also by electronic processing beyond simple controls

S

to supercharge

vsto amplify

4 5.8

To make something much more powerful or effective

is specifically about making sounds or electrical signals louder using equipment

C

to crank up the volume

vsto amplify

• Informal

2 3.4

Make the sound louder on a radio, music player, or TV

is the technical process of increasing signal strength, not only manual control changes

L

to louden

vsto amplify

1 7.5

To become louder or make a sound louder

focuses specifically on electronic or equipment-based increase rather than any rise

B

to bump up the volume

vsto amplify

1 3.4

Make the sound louder by turning the volume control

is broader and includes electronic amplification beyond simple volume adjustments

J

to jack up the volume

vsto amplify

• Informal

1 4.8

Turn a control to make music louder

includes this action but also covers electronic boosting of weak signals

P

to preamp

vsto amplify

• Specialized

7.4

To make a weak sound signal stronger before it goes to the main amplifier

is the general act of making sound or electrical signals louder using equipment

V

to volumize

vsto amplify

• Specialized

5.8

To make recorded sound louder

is broader, applying to live or electrical signal amplification not only recordings

Antonyms

R

to reduce

∞ 1.6

To make something smaller in amount, size, or number

D

to diminish

147 3.7

To become less in size, importance, or value

How Loud

to deafen

4 4.1

to blast

35 4.1

to amplify

• Specialized

16 3.7

to muffle

19 5.8

to soften

98 3.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology