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enlargement

UK/ɪnˈlɑːd͡ʒ.mənt/Canada, US/ɪnˈlɑɹd͡ʒ.mənt/Australia/ɪnˈlaːd͡ʒ.mənt/

noun

What it means

  1. countableuncountableAn act or instance of making something larger.

    Rick was ashamed about the size of his penis, so he had a penis enlargement.

  2. countablefigurativelyuncountableA making more obvious or serious; exacerbation.

    Bathsheba underwent the enlargement of her husband's absence from hours to days with a slight feeling of surprise, and a slight feeling of relief; yet neither sensation rose at any time far above the level commonly designated as indifference.

    1874, Thomas Hardy, Far From the Madding Crowd, 2005 Barnes & Noble Classics publication of 1912 Wessex edition, p.337
  3. countableuncountableAn image, particularly a photograph, that has been enlarged.

In a sentence

Rick was ashamed about the size of his penis, so he had a penis enlargement.

Where it comes from

From enlarge + -ment.

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