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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

확대하다

Pronunciation / Transliteration: hwakdaehada

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Magnify/ˈmæɡ.nɪ.faɪ/
verbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #3450 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"돋보기는 글자를 확대해 줍니다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

1 sense
As verb
  1. 1

    To make something appear larger than it is, especially by using a lens or microscope.

    "The microscope can magnify objects up to a thousand times."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin verb 'magnificare', formed from 'magnus' (great) and 'facere' (to make). It entered Middle English via Old French in the 14th century, initially carrying religious connotations of praising or glorifying, before shifting toward its modern physical and figurative senses of enlargement.

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