enlargement

enlargement
n
1. increase, increment, augmentation, supplementation; multiplication, doubling, tripling, trebling, quadrupling; amplification, magnification, aggrandizement, Archaic. ampliation; expansion, extension, distension, inflation, blowing up, swell, swelling, intumescence, tumefaction, bloating, bulging, protuberation; growth, growing, waxing, development, maturation, sprouting or shooting up.
2. larger or bigger copy or print, giant-sized picture, Photography. blow-up.
3. addition, extension, wing, ell, annexation, annex, Rare. annexment; supplementation, appendage, appurtenance, appurtenant, adjunct, appendage, attachment; supplement, appendix, addendum, codicil, Law. allonge.

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