📈aggrandize (aggrandize)

verb
/əˈɡræn.daɪz/
agrandir (agrandir)

Signification

To increase the power, wealth, or importance of a person or entity.
Traduction de la signification
Augmenter le pouvoir, la richesse ou l'importance d'une personne ou d'une entité.
Augmenter le pouvoir, la richesse ou l'importance d'une personne ou d'une entité.

Phrases d'exemple

The politician tried to aggrandize himself through exaggerated claims.

Le politicien a essayé de s'aggrandir à travers des affirmations exagérées.
Le politicien a essayé de s'aggrandir à travers des affirmations exagérées.

Synonymes

magnify, elevate, exalt, glorify

Antonymes

belittle, diminish, humiliate

Collocations

aggrandize oneself, aggrandize power, aggrandize position

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