enlarged

Everyday

1. Made bigger: an enlarged photo. tree →
2. (medicine) Bigger than normal, often because of illness: an enlarged heart. tree →
3. (past of enlarge) Made something bigger: We enlarged the picture. tree →

In the lessons

In maths «enlarged» shapes keep the same angles but get longer sides — the scale factor tells you how many times bigger; in art and photocopying you enlarge pictures. Phrases: «enlarged by a scale factor of 2», «enlarged photo», «an enlarged copy».

Examples

• The triangle was enlarged by a scale factor of 3, so a 2 cm side became 6 cm. tree →
• We enlarged the map so we could read it. tree →
• The doctor said his tonsils were enlarged. tree →
• The enlarged photo hung on the wall. tree →
• The school enlarged the playground. tree →
• Under a magnifying glass the ant looks enlarged. tree →
• As he grew older he enlarged the hole, and slipped out two or three times every day to play with the little nobles in the town. tree →

Note

Opposite: reduced. In maths, an enlargement by scale factor k multiplies every length by k (the area is multiplied by k × k). Enlarge = make larger; it does not change the shape.

In Jewish tradition

It can mean made wider, in the sense of freed from a tight or cramped place. The psalmist says that God made his steps wide so that he did not slip.

Interpretation. Tradition reads wideness as safety and freedom, and narrowness as trouble. The word for Egypt, Mitzrayim, is read as meaning narrow straits.

Examples

• Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, and my feet have not slipped. (Prophets 2SA.22.37, JPS 1917) tree →
• The troubles of my heart are enlarged; O bring Thou me out of my distresses. (Writings PSA.25.17, JPS 1917) tree →
• Therefore the nether-world hath enlarged her desire, and opened her mouth without measure; and down goeth their glory, and their tumult, and their uproar, and he that rejoiceth among them. (Prophets ISA.5.14, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Opposite: reduced. In maths, an enlargement by scale factor k multiplies every length by k (the area is multiplied by k × k). Enlarge = make larger; it does not change the shape.