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augment
[ verb awg-ment; noun awg-ment ]
verb (used with object)
- to make larger; enlarge in size, number, strength, or extent; increase:
His salary is augmented by a small inheritance.
Synonyms: swell
- Music.
- to raise (the upper note of an interval or chord) by a half step.
- to double the note values of (a theme):
In the fugue's development the subject is augmented.
- Grammar. to add an augment to.
- Heraldry. to grant an augmentation to (a coat of arms).
verb (used without object)
- to become larger.
Synonyms: increase
noun
- Grammar. a prefixed vowel or a lengthening of the initial vowel that characterizes certain forms in the nonpresent inflection of verbs in Greek, Sanskrit, Armenian, and Phrygian.
augment
verb
- to make or become greater in number, amount, strength, etc; increase
- tr music to increase (a major or perfect interval) by a semitone Compare diminish
- tr (in Greek and Sanskrit grammar) to prefix a vowel or diphthong to (a verb) to form a past tense
noun
- (in Greek and Sanskrit grammar) a vowel or diphthong prefixed to a verb to form a past tense
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Derived Forms
- augˈmentable, adjective
- augˈmentor, noun
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Other Words From
- aug·menta·ble adjective
- unaug·menta·ble adjective
- unaug·mented adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of augment1
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Example Sentences
But Sex Box, with its ridiculous guinea pigs screwing conceit, will only augment our cultural hang-ups about sex.
These are successful Americanizations of the culturally unique ancestors, and they augment what American cinema prizes.
He seems to have done an acceptable job in that posting, so why not just continue and augment the relationship?
SmartGlass will augment your gaming experience in a couple of ways.
At dinner, she instructed the waiter to augment the french fries her husband had ordered with a side of spinach.
Le nombre des Marchaux fut limit et non augment sous la Restoration.
The Secretary's remedy is to set them to raise provisions themselves, and thus augment the supply, while they diminish the demand.
But this one affection only served to augment the mischief that he wrought.
Evacuantia, L. Medicines which augment the secretions or excretions.
The duty of a being is to persevere in its being and even to augment the characteristics which specialize it.
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