amplify
Translation
to amplify, to expand on, to elaborate
Examples
This device can amplify the signal.
This device can amplify the signal.
Could you amplify on that point, please?
Could you amplify on that point, please?
Grammar Patterns
((sth.)) to increase the strength of (sth.) This device can amplify the signal.
((on sth.)) to add more detail to (sth.) Could you amplify on that point, please?
Similar Words
Synonyms: increase, expand, elaborate; Antonyms: reduce, decrease
Etymology
From Latin 'amplus' (large) + 'facere' (to make). 'To make large'.
Memory Tips
Think of what a guitar 'amp' does: it makes the sound louder, it amplifies it.