Used in a Sentence

enlarged

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for enlarged.

Editorial note

History is full of land-based powers that didn't realize they needed a navy until they enlarged their context.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

expanded in scope

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of enlarged gathered in one view.

adjective

expanded in scope

adjective

larger than normal

adjective

as of a photograph; made larger

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for enlarged.

Example sentences

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History is full of land-based powers that didn't realize they needed a navy until they enlarged their context.

2

After it enlarged some, it just became the blue/black dress again even in the smaller form.

3

A few years ago my prostate enlarged relatively suddenly, to the point of making urination difficult.

4

Wouldn't mind if it was enlarged to use more of the screen real estate (tiny fonts are hard to read).

5

I mean spend that much on an enlarged screenshot, let them.

6

Most mammals, including all simians and apes, only sport enlarged breasts when feeding their young.

7

With a suitably enlarged definition of (static) type, a lot of tests become type-assertions.

8

Heck, you enlarged that image just to emphasize the visual artifacts around the characters.

9

Apropos to nothing, but when you stuff a bunch of Mac Pros in a box, they begin to look like enlarged vacuum tubes/capacitors.

10

I think it was removed, long after I left, when the school building was enlarged.

11

Basically it's an enlarged Zoneplate rather than a fresnel lens.

12

The bumper was enlarged to help protect pedestrians.

Quote examples

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It's now clear that a country not useful to the current "enlarged deutschmark" will be just thrown to the wolves, so the clock is ticking for Italy and Spain.

2

It's probably nothing." Even with a family history and scans showing an enlarged lymph node.

3

I'm also adding that "web" also now includes expanded perceptions by everyone else beyond "hyperlinks+http" and that enlarged perception is unavoidable.

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On a related note, it seems to me that if you can "drive a new approach to social networking and solve key problems holding back the advancement of the semantic web," you ought to be able to create a site whose visual structure doesn't collapse entirely when the text is enlarged a few sizes?

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use enlarged in a sentence?

History is full of land-based powers that didn't realize they needed a navy until they enlarged their context.

What does enlarged mean?

expanded in scope

What part of speech is enlarged?

enlarged is commonly used as adjective.