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Meanings of
aggrandisement
in английском
португальский
engrandecimento
каталонский
ascens
испанский
ascenso
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The act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something.
elevation
aggrandizement
португальский
engrandecimento
Синонимы
Examples for "
elevation
"
elevation
aggrandizement
Examples for "
elevation
"
1
Using power of five hundred-imageperfectly steady even at this low
elevation
.
2
I'd heard once that
elevation
was good for injuries that involved swelling.
3
The general
elevation
of the country still appeared to be the same.
4
The difference is not in
elevation
or rainfall, but in the soil.
5
It sometimes ends in uncommon
elevation
,
indeed; but only at the gallows.
1
The sole business of Lovat was personal
aggrandizement
;
revenge was his amusement.
2
She says it simply, without
self
-
aggrandizement
,
but with a kind of wonder.
3
The conquests of Napoleon were followed by the
aggrandizement
of his house.
4
Among the Assyrians the national purpose was predominantly one of military
aggrandizement
.
5
The lust of Europe for territorial
aggrandizement
becomes every day more pronounced.
Usage of
aggrandisement
in английском
1
State resources are misappropriated for the personal
aggrandisement
of the political elites.
2
On the contrary, the principal aim of the French cabinet was
aggrandisement
.
3
See how they have fought for the
aggrandisement
of their own order.
4
Every baron fought for his own land and for his own
aggrandisement
.
5
As ambitious, rapacious, eager for nothing but military glory and territorial
aggrandisement
.
6
The great aim of politicians in France to-day is the
aggrandisement
of themselves.
7
In self-defence, for security rather than
aggrandisement
,
the frontier must be pushed back.
8
The man who aims at his own
aggrandisement
underrates everything else.
9
Literature was with them a relaxation, and served no purpose of worldly
aggrandisement
.
10
Under Frederick the Great, Prussia's career of conquest and
aggrandisement
continued.
11
You will bid me remember my rank-mybirth-myfather-schemes of
aggrandisement
.
12
She was working and planning again for Maurice's happiness and
aggrandisement
.
13
It has been England's eternal policy to damage us for her own
aggrandisement
.
14
Every self-observer has detected within himself mental weakness coincident with
aggrandisement
.
15
Look at society-lookat politics-lookat commerce-all mere schemes for
self
-
aggrandisement
!
16
The best way to guard against
self
-
aggrandisement
or self-abnegation is to focus on evidence.
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Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
aggrandisement
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
own aggrandisement
territorial aggrandisement
personal aggrandisement
future aggrandisement
automotive aggrandisement
More collocations
Translations for
aggrandisement
португальский
engrandecimento
enaltecimento
каталонский
ascens
elevació
испанский
ascenso
Aggrandisement
through the time
Aggrandisement
across language varieties
United Kingdom
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