Definition of amplifies

"amplifies" in the verb sense

1. magnify, amplify

increase in size, volume or significance

"Her terror was magnified in her mind"

2. overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, magnify, amplify

to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth

"tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"

3. inflate, blow up, expand, amplify

exaggerate or make bigger

"The charges were inflated"

4. amplify

increase the volume of

"amplify sound"

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Quotations for amplifies

Genius, that power which constitutes a poet; that quality without which judgment is cold and knowledge is inert: that energy which collects, combines, amplifies and animates. [ Johnson ]

amplifies in Scrabble®

The word amplifies is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 16

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters amplifies:

AMPLIFIES
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Seven Letter Word Alert: (4 words)

filmise, impales, implies, misfile

 

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amplifies in Words With Friends™

The word amplifies is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 19

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters amplifies:

AMPLIFIES
(279)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (4 words)

filmise, impales, implies, misfile

 

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Words containing the sequence amplifies

Words that start with amplifies (1 word)

Words with amplifies in them (1 word)

Words that end with amplifies (3 words)

Word Growth involving amplifies

Shorter words in amplifies

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Longer words containing amplifies

coamplifies

reamplifies