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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

증폭하다

Pronunciation / Transliteration: jeungpokhada

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Amplify/ˈæm.plɪ.faɪ/
verbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2850 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"스피커가 소리를 증폭시킵니다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

1 sense
As verb
  1. 1

    To increase the volume of sound, or to make something louder, stronger, or more intense.

    "The microphone is used to amplify the singer's voice."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin root amplificare, formed from amplus (large, spacious) and facere (to make). Entering Middle English via Old French amplifier in the 14th century, the term initially meant to enlarge or expand upon a statement, later evolving to encompass the physical increase of volume, signal strength, or intensity.

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