AGGRANDIZEMENT


Meaning of AGGRANDIZEMENT in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

personal

Whether the intention was personal aggrandizement on the part of the family or a shrewd step towards industrial expansion is not known.

National welfare meant nothing; personal aggrandizement meant everything.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Be ambitious not for money, not for selfish aggrandizement , not for the evanescent thing which men call fame.

National welfare meant nothing; personal aggrandizement meant everything.

Whether the intention was personal aggrandizement on the part of the family or a shrewd step towards industrial expansion is not known.

Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary.      Дополнительный английский словарь Longman DOCE5.