How do you use Aggrandize in a sentence? See 2 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like embroider or magnify, plus the exact meaning.
Aggrandize meaning
- To make great; to enlarge; to increase.
- To make great or greater in power, rank, honor, or wealth (applied to persons, countries, etc.).
- To make appear great or greater; to exalt.
Synonyms of Aggrandize
Using Aggrandize
- The main meaning on this page is: To make great; to enlarge; to increase. | To make great or greater in power, rank, honor, or wealth (applied to persons, countries, etc.). | To make appear great or greater; to exalt.
- Useful related words include: embroider, magnify, hyerbolise, hyperbolize.
Context around Aggrandize
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Aggrandize
- In this selection, "aggrandize" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, self stand out and add context to how "aggrandize" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include opportunities to aggrandize his family and to self aggrandize even if. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "aggrandize" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with aggrandize
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
But Alexander, always ready to seize opportunities to aggrandize his family, then adopted a double policy. (16 words)
It isn’t in Thompson’s nature to self-aggrandize, even if he is the longest-running cast member in ’s 42-year history—and, as of this year, an Emmy contender. (32 words)
It isn’t in Thompson’s nature to self-aggrandize, even if he is the longest-running cast member in ’s 42-year history—and, as of this year, an Emmy contender. (32 words)
But Alexander, always ready to seize opportunities to aggrandize his family, then adopted a double policy. (16 words)
Example sentences (2)
It isn’t in Thompson’s nature to self-aggrandize, even if he is the longest-running cast member in ’s 42-year history—and, as of this year, an Emmy contender.
But Alexander, always ready to seize opportunities to aggrandize his family, then adopted a double policy.