What does augment mean?
Definitions for augment
ɔgˈmɛnt; ˈɔg mɛntaug·ment
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Princeton's WordNet
augmentverb
enlarge or increase
"The recent speech of the president augmented tensions in the Near East"
augmentverb
grow or intensify
"The pressure augmented"
Wiktionary
augmentnoun
In some Indo-European languages, a prefix e- (a- in Sanskrit) indicating a past tense of a verb.
augmentverb
To increase; to make larger or supplement.
The money from renting out a spare room can augment a salary.
augmentverb
To grow; to increase; to become greater.
augmentverb
To slow the tempo or meter, e.g. for a dramatic or stately passage.
augmentverb
To increase an interval, especially the largest interval in a triad, by a half step (chromatic semitone).
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Augmentnoun
Etymology: augmentum, Lat.
You shall find this augment of the tree to be without the diminution of one drachm of the earth. Izaak Walton, Angler.
Discutients are improper in the beginning of inflammations but proper, when mixed with repellents, in the augment. Richard Wiseman.
To AUGMENTverb
To encrease; to make bigger, or more.
Etymology: augmenter, Fr.
Some cursed weeds her cunning hand did know,
That could augment his harm, encrease his pain. Edward Fairfax.Rivers, though they continue the denomination of their first stream, have streams added to them in their passage, which enlarge and augment them. Matthew Hale, Common Law of England.
To Augmentverb
To encrease; to grow bigger.
But as his heat with running did augment,
Much more his fight encreas’d his hot desire. Philip Sidney.The rocks are from their old foundations rent;
The winds redouble, and the rains augment;
The waves on heaps are dash’d. John Dryden, Virgil, Georg.
ChatGPT
augment
To augment means to make something greater by adding to it or increasing it. This can apply to a wide range of things, including size, amount, quantity, value, strength, or intensity. Augmenting may involve supplementing or enhancing something that already exists. It can also refer to the process of adding new elements or details to make something more effective, comprehensive, or appealing.
Webster Dictionary
Augmentverb
to enlarge or increase in size, amount, or degree; to swell; to make bigger; as, to augment an army by reeforcements; rain augments a stream; impatience augments an evil
Augmentverb
to add an augment to
Augmentverb
to increase; to grow larger, stronger, or more intense; as, a stream augments by rain
Augmentnoun
enlargement by addition; increase
Augmentnoun
a vowel prefixed, or a lengthening of the initial vowel, to mark past time, as in Greek and Sanskrit verbs
Etymology: [L. augmentum: cf. F. augment.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Augment
awg-ment′, v.t. to increase: to make larger.—v.i. to grow larger.—n. Aug′ment, increase: (gram.) the prefixed vowel to the past tenses of the verb in Sanskrit and Greek. Sometimes applied also to such inflectional prefixes as the ge- of the German perfect participle.—adjs. Augment′able, Augment′ative, having the quality or power of augmenting.—n. (gram.) a word formed from another to express increase of its meaning.—ns. Augmentā′tion, increase: addition: (her.) an additional charge in a coat-of-arms bestowed by the sovereign as a mark of honour: (mus.) the repetition of a melody in the course of the piece in notes of greater length than the original: (Scots law) an increase of stipend obtained by a parish minister by an action raised in the Court of Teinds against the titular and heritors; Augment′er. [L. augmentum, increase—augēre, to increase, Gr. auxan-ein.]
Anagrams for augment »
mutagen
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of augment in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of augment in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of augment in a Sentence
Guitarist Keith kicked it off and I began to mould a riff around Guitarist Keith guitar part to augment the arrangement.
Look at presidents when they come in and when they leave, i mean, come on, look at Clintons hair, it went white.George W. Bushlooks like he got a beat down. Obama looks like his own grandfather. I mean, look at it. I mean, this is a very hard job, because of the stress that they carry with them. Now lets look at this president. Its been almost three years since Trump won the presidency. It looks exactly the same. His hair is like,I dont know whats going on with that. But he may do things that presidents in the past havent done to augment their physical reality. But it could also be that he doesnt care the way others have.
I think that it's a good idea to add omega-3s to the diet, with the clear explanation to the parents that this is not going to give you a powerful effect, like a stimulant would, this might augment the effect of the medication.
This work explores the intersection between man and machine, we have seen many works trying to augment humans with parts of machines, here we look at the other way around and try to make the devices we use every day more like us, i.e. human-like.
The expectation is that by applying stimulation, it will augment or boost the effects of physical rehabilitation, we have no expectation that it will cure stroke.
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- увеличавам, прибавямBulgarian
- augmentarCatalan, Valencian
- nabýt, augment, vzrůst, vyrůst, rozšířit, zvětšitCzech
- wachsen, vermehren, vergrößern, erhöhen, Augment, zunehmenGerman
- aumentar, incrementarSpanish
- augmentti, augmentoida, kasvattaa, laajentaa, lisätä, harventaa, laajeta, kasvaaFinnish
- augmenter l'intervalle, élargir le mouvement, augmenter, augment, s'agrandir, s'accroîtreFrench
- बढ़ानेHindi
- նախահավելվածArmenian
- aumentarsi, aumentare, crescere, accrescersiItalian
- 증가시키다Korean
- accumulōLatin
- padidintiLithuanian
- verhogen, augment, vergroten, aanvullenDutch
- økeNorwegian
- augmentPolish
- aumentarPortuguese
- увеличиваться, дополнить, увеличивать, увеличить, увеличиться, дополнятьRussian
- ökaSwedish
- artmak, artırmak, çoğalmak, çoğaltmakTurkish
- 增加Chinese
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