Definitions

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  • verb To amplify to an extent that distorts the original sound or signal

Etymologies

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over- +‎ amplify

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Examples

  • Fed watchers, including me, could learn some lessons, too: FOMC silence is not affirmation of the market pricing; be aware of how timing, wording and self selection can overamplify a speaker's words.

    What Are They Talking About? 2008

  • Weoveramplify - the must not overamplify - the ORT approach is a comprehensive home nutrition strategy Rehydration with appropriate nutrient mixes, early refeeding, and added attention to nutrition during, convalescence are all integral parts d the oral therapy message without which we can expect little more than attenuation of the deaths occurring from diarrhea.

    Chapter 7 1985

  • Who knows how players like Ron Carter of Cecil McBee stumbled upon their thin tone, or why a great musician like Reggie Workman chooses to overamplify, taking away the physical punch that is double bass's sworn duty?

    Chicago Reader 2010

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