Aggrandisement — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kˈænsələs/

🇬🇧British English

/blˌɛfeəlkˈəʊsɪs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/blˌɛfeəlkˈəʊsɪs/

5 syllables Say it as /kˈænsələs/.

Examples

the aggrandizement of the king
his elevation to cardinal

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

elevation aggrandizement

Parts of Speech

noun	the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something “the aggrandizement of the king”

Word Forms

aggrandize	verb	add details to
aggrandise	verb	add details to
elevate	verb	give a promotion to or assign to a higher position

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Vergrößerung

der Akt der Steigerung des Reichtums, des Ansehens, der Macht oder des Umfangs einer Sache

🇫🇷French

agrandissement

l'acte d'augmenter la richesse, le prestige, le pouvoir ou la portée de quelque chose

🇪🇸Spanish

engrandecimiento

el acto de aumentar la riqueza o el prestigio o el poder o el alcance de algo

🇮🇹Italian

ingrandimento

l'atto di aumentare la ricchezza, il prestigio, il potere o la portata di qualcosa

🇳🇱Dutch

verheerlijking

de handeling van het vergroten van de rijkdom, het prestige, de macht of de reikwijdte van iets

🇵🇹Portuguese

engrandecimento

o ato de aumentar a riqueza ou prestígio ou poder ou escopo de algo

🇷🇺Russian

возвеличивание

акт увеличения богатства, престижа, власти или масштабов чего-либо

India

🇮🇳Hindi

अभ्युदय

किसी चीज़ का धन या प्रतिष्ठा या शक्ति या दायरा बढ़ाने की क्रिया

🇧🇩Bengali

অগ্রগতি

সম্পদ বা প্রতিপত্তি বা ক্ষমতা বা কিছুর সুযোগ বাড়ানোর কাজ

🇮🇳Tamil

பெருக்குதல்

ஏதோவொன்றின் செல்வம் அல்லது கௌரவம் அல்லது அதிகாரம் அல்லது நோக்கத்தை அதிகரிக்கும் செயல்

🇮🇳Telugu

ఔన్నత్యం

ఏదైనా సంపద లేదా ప్రతిష్ట లేదా శక్తి లేదా పరిధిని పెంచే చర్య

🇮🇳Marathi

वाढ

संपत्ती किंवा प्रतिष्ठा किंवा शक्ती किंवा एखाद्या गोष्टीची व्याप्ती वाढवण्याची क्रिया

🇮🇳Gujarati

ઉન્નતિ

સંપત્તિ અથવા પ્રતિષ્ઠા અથવા શક્તિ અથવા કંઈકની અવકાશ વધારવાની ક્રિયા

🇮🇳Kannada

ವೃದ್ಧಿಗೊಳಿಸುವಿಕೆ

ಯಾವುದೋ ಸಂಪತ್ತು ಅಥವಾ ಪ್ರತಿಷ್ಠೆ ಅಥವಾ ಶಕ್ತಿ ಅಥವಾ ವ್ಯಾಪ್ತಿಯನ್ನು ಹೆಚ್ಚಿಸುವ ಕ್ರಿಯೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

വർദ്ധിപ്പിക്കൽ

എന്തിൻ്റെയെങ്കിലും സമ്പത്ത് അല്ലെങ്കിൽ അന്തസ്സ് അല്ലെങ്കിൽ ശക്തി അല്ലെങ്കിൽ വ്യാപ്തി വർദ്ധിപ്പിക്കുന്ന പ്രവൃത്തി

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਵਾਧਾ

ਕਿਸੇ ਚੀਜ਼ ਦੀ ਦੌਲਤ ਜਾਂ ਵੱਕਾਰ ਜਾਂ ਸ਼ਕਤੀ ਜਾਂ ਦਾਇਰੇ ਨੂੰ ਵਧਾਉਣ ਦਾ ਕੰਮ

🇵🇰Urdu

ترقی

دولت یا وقار یا طاقت یا کسی چیز کا دائرہ بڑھانے کا عمل

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

强化

增加某物的财富、声望、权力或范围的行为

🇯🇵Japanese

拡大

富、名声、権力、または何かの範囲を増大させる行為

🇰🇷Korean

증대

부나 명성, 권력, 사물의 범위를 늘리는 행위

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự phóng đại

hành động tăng sự giàu có hoặc uy tín hoặc quyền lực hoặc phạm vi của một cái gì đó

🇹🇭Thai

การขยายความ

การกระทำเพื่อเพิ่มความมั่งคั่งหรือศักดิ์ศรีหรืออำนาจหรือขอบเขตของบางสิ่งบางอย่าง

🇮🇩Indonesian

penaikan

tindakan meningkatkan kekayaan atau prestise atau kekuasaan atau ruang lingkup sesuatu

🇵🇭Filipino

pagpapalaki

ang pagkilos ng pagpapataas ng kayamanan o prestihiyo o kapangyarihan o saklaw ng isang bagay

🇲🇾Malay

pembesaran

perbuatan meningkatkan kekayaan atau prestij atau kuasa atau skop sesuatu

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

التعظيم

فعل زيادة الثروة أو الهيبة أو القوة أو نطاق شيء ما

🇮🇷Persian

بزرگنمایی

عمل افزایش ثروت یا اعتبار یا قدرت یا دامنه چیزی

🇹🇷Turkish

büyütme

bir şeyin zenginliğini veya prestijini veya gücünü veya kapsamını artırma eylemi

🇮🇱Hebrew

הודאה

הפעולה של הגדלת העושר או היוקרה או הכוח או ההיקף של משהו

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