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Definition: Magnified |
MagnifiedAdjective1. Enlarged to an abnormal degree; "thick lenses exaggerated the size of her eyes". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "magnified" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
Synonyms: MagnifiedSynonyms: enlarged (adj), exaggerated (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Magnified |
| English words defined with "magnified": amplify ♦ Compound microscope ♦ Looming ♦ Magnifiable, magnify, Megascope, Micro-chemistry, Microphotograph ♦ reflecting telescope, reflector. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "magnified": aneroid barograph ♦ Brocken ♦ COMPARATOR OPERATOR ♦ electronic microscope ♦ FOCUSER ♦ image converted tube ♦ MANUGRAPHER, Microscopy, Video ♦ SAW OPERATOR, SEMICONDUCTOR WAFERS, shadowgraph operator, Spectre of the Brocken. (references) |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Defeat had magnified the vanquished. |
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Health | The camera sends a magnified image from inside the body to a video monitor, giving the surgeon a closeup view of the organs and tissues. (references) | |
These spaghetti-like forms shown are B. Burgdorferi isolated from the midgut of a deer tick. This magnified image of the spirochetes was taken with an electron microscope. (references) | ||
In addition to greatly magnified quantitative effects, synergism can amplify qualitative effects when different chemicals act on different signaling pathways involved in the hormone action in target cells. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Malaysia | These concerns were magnified when the top management of one of the dailies was removed immediately following the takeover. (references) |
Economic History | Russia | The challenge of this task has been magnified by difficult economic conditions in Russia, which have resulted in reduced defense spending. (references) |
Nigeria | From the outset, Nigeria's ethnic, regional, and religious tensions were magnified by the significant disparities in economic and educational development between the south and the north. (references) | |
Political Economy | Thailand | Annual per capita income is approximately $2,000; depreciation of the local currency during the 1997-99 financial crisis magnified declining income. (references) |
RUSSIA | Measured in dollar terms at the average rate of exchange (and keeping in mind that the sharp devaluation may have magnified the drop), Russia's GDP in 1999 was only about $183 billion, slightly more than half of its value in 1995 ($337 billion). (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | Since then the housing shortage in countless communities, affecting millions of families, has magnified this call to action. |
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| "Magnified" is generally used as a lexical verb (past participle) -- approximately 57.02% of the time. "Magnified" is used about 114 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 57.02% | 65 | 41,645 |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 24.56% | 28 | 65,706 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 18.42% | 21 | 76,261 |
| Total | 100.00% | 114 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "magnified": exaggerated magnified enlarged. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "magnified": hugely-magnified. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
magnified healing | 13 |
magnified | 8 |
magnified mirror | 6 |
glass magnified | 2 |
magnified make up mirror | 2 |
hair magnified | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "magnified"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 扩大化 (magnify, Magnifying). (various references) | |
French | magnifiés, magnifiées, magnifiée, magnifièrent. (various references) | |
German | vergrößert (amplifies, augmented, augments, enhanced, enlarged, enlarges, heightens, magnifies). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מו'"ל (enlarged, increased). (various references) | |
Korean | 확대하" (Enlarged). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | agnifiedmay.(various references) | |
Russian | увеличивать увеличенный (aggrandized). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Acts Chapter 5, Verse 13 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Twn de loipwn oudeiV etolma kollasqai autoiV all emegalunen autouV o laoV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Ceterorum autem nemo audebat coniungere se illis sed magnificabat eos populus |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | But no man of othere durste ioyne hymsilf with hem, but the puple magnyfiede hem. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And of other durst no man ioyne him selfe to them: neverthelater the people magnyfied them. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And of the rest durst no man join himself to them: but the people magnified them. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And of the rest durst no man join himself to them: but the people magnified them. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | The others, in fear, kept back from joining them: but the people made much of them; |
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| Language | Acts Chapter 5, Verse 13 |
| Albanian | Dhe asnjeri nga të tjerët nuk guxonte të bashkohej me ta; por populli i lartësonte. |
| Bulgarian | и още по-голямо множество повярвали в "оспода мъже и жени се прибавяха], |
| Cebuano | Ug walay bisan usa sa mga taga-gawas nga nangahas sa pag-ipon kanila, hinoon gitahud sila pag-ayo sa katawhan. |
| Chinese | 其 餘 的 人 、 ' 有 一 個 敢 貼 近 他 們 ． 百 " 卻 尊 重 他 們 。 |
| Croatian | Nitko se drugi nije usuðivao pridružiti im se, ali ih je narod velièao. |
| Danish | Men af de andre turde ingen holde sig til dem; dog priste Folket dem højt, |
| Dutch | En van de anderen durfde niemand zich bij hen voegen; maar het volk hield hen in grote achting. |
| Finnish | Eikä muista kukaan uskaltanut heihin liittyä, mutta kansa piti heitä suuressa kunniassa. |
| French | et aucun des autres n`osait se joindre eux; mais le peuple les louait hautement. |
| German | Der andern aber wagte keiner, sich zu ihnen zu tun, sondern das Volk hielt groß von ihnen. |
| Haitian Creole | Tout moun te pè mele ak yo, apa moun ki te kwè yo. Men, pèp la t'ap pale byen sou yo. |
| Hungarian | Egyebek közül pedig senki sem mert közéjük elegyedni: hanem a nép magasztalá õket; |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Dan orang luar tidak ada yang berani datang berkumpul dengan orang-orang percaya itu. Tetapi orang-orang percaya itu sangat dihormati oleh masyarakat. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka yang lain itu seorang pun tiada berani bercampur dengan mereka itu, tetapi kaum itu memuliakan mereka itu. |
| Italian | degli altri, nessuno osava associarsi a loro, ma il popolo li esaltava. |
| Korean | 그 나 머 지 " 감 히 그 " 과 상 종 하 " 사 람 이 없 으 나 백 성 이 칭 송 하 " 라 |
| Latvian | Bet no pârçjiem neviens neuzdroðinâjâs tiem piebiedroties, bet tauta tos ïoti godinâja. |
| Maori | Tena ko era atu tangata kihai rawa tetahi i maia ki te whakauru mai ki a ratou: otira whakanuia ana ratou e te iwi. |
| Modern Greek | Εκ δε των λοιπων ουδεις ετολμα να προσκολληθη εις αυτους, ο λαος ομως εμεγαλυνεν αυτους· |
| Norwegian | Av de andre vågde ingen å holde sig til dem; men folket priste dem; |
| Portuguese | Dos outros, porém, nenhum ousava ajuntar-se a eles; mas o povo os tinha em grande estima; |
| Rumanian | wi niciunul din ceilalyi nu cuteza sq se lipeascq de ei; dar norodul ki lquda kn gura mare. |
| Russian | йЪ ПУФПТПООЙИ ЦЕ ОЙЛФП ОЕ УНЕМ ТЙУФБФШ Л ОЙН, Б ОБТП" ТПУМБЧМСМ ЙИ. |
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| Spanish | Pero ninguno de los demás se atrevía a juntarse con ellos, aunque el pueblo les tenía en gran estima. |
| Swahili | Mtu yeyote mwingine ambaye hakuwa mwamini hakuthubutu kujiunga nao. Hata hivyo, watu wengine wasiokuwa wa imani hiyo waliwasifu. |
| Swedish | Av de andra dristade sig ingen att närma sig dem, men folket höll dem i ära. |
| Thai | และคนอื่นๆไม่อาจเข้ามาอยู่"้วย แต่ประชาชนเคารพพวกเขามาก |
| Ukrainian | А з сторонніх ніхто приставати не важивсь до них, але люд прославляв їх. |
| Uma | Tauna to uma mepangala' hi Yesus, uma-ra daho' morumpu dohe-ra. Aga nau' wae, hawe'ea topepangala' rabila' ntodea. |
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Derivations | |
Words ending with "magnified": unmagnified. (additional references) | |
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"Magnified" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: magnifi, magnifice, magnifien, Monifieth, nancified. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "magnified" (pronounced ma"gnufī'd) |
| 6 | -g n u f ī' d | dignified, signified, undignified. |
| 5 | -n u f ī' d | indemnified, personified, reunified, unified. |
| 4 | -u f ī' d | acidified, amplified, calcified, certified, clarified, classified, codified, crucified, decertified, Declassified, disqualified, diversified, electrified, exemplified, falsified, fortified, gentrified, glorified, gratified, horrified, identified, intensified, justified, liquefied, misidentified, modified, mollified, mortified, mummified, mystified, notified, nullified, ossified, overqualified, oversimplified, pacified, petrified, purified, qualified, quantified, ratified, reclassified, rectified, simplified, solidified, specified, stratified, terrified, testified, typified, unclassified, unidentified, unjustified, unqualified, unspecified, unverified, verified. |
| 3 | -f ī' d | dissatisfied, satisfied, sulfide, unsatisfied. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-f-g-i-i-m-n" | |
-1 letter: defaming, imagined. | |
-2 letters: amidine, diamine, imagine. | |
-3 letters: aiding, aidmen, aiming, amidin, daimen, defang, degami, diamin, dieing, enigma, fadein, fading, famine, faming, fanged, gained, gamine, imaged, maiden, median, medina. | |
-4 letters: admen, aimed, amend, amide, amine, anime, animi, deign, denim, dinge, fadge, fagin, famed, feign, fidge, fiend, fined, gamed, gamin, ganef, genii, image, imide, imine, indie, maned, mange, media, medii, menad, midge, minae, mined, named. | |
-5 letters: aged, agin, aide, amen, amid, amie, amin, dame, damn, dang, deaf, dean, defi, deni, dime, dine, ding, egad, fade, fain, fame, fane, fang, fend, find, fine, gadi, gaed, gaen, gain, game, gane, gied, gien, idea, idem, imid, inia, made, mage, magi, maid, main, mane, mead, mean, mend, midi, mien, mina, mind, mine, mini, naif, name, neif, nema, nide, nidi. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-f-g-i-i-m-n" | |
+2 letters: unmagnified. | |
+4 letters: deformalizing. | |
+5 letters: transmogrified. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 61 67 6E 69 66 69 65 64 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-- .- --. -. .. ..-. .. . -.. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01100001 01100111 01101110 01101001 01100110 01101001 01100101 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M a g n i f i e d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0061 0067 006E 0069 0066 0069 0065 0064 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)476773807572757170 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Quotations: Fiction 7. Quotations: Non-fiction 8. Quotations: Speeches | 9. Usage Frequency 10. Expressions 11. Expressions: Internet 12. Translations: Modern | 13. Bible Trace 14. Derivations 15. Rhymes 16. Anagrams | 17. Orthography 18. Bibliography |
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