augment
IPA: ɔgmˈɛnt
noun
- (grammar) In some Indo-European languages, a prefix e- (a- in Sanskrit) indicating a past tense of a verb.
- (grammar) In some Bantu languages, an additional vowel prepended to the noun prefix.
- An increase.
verb
- (transitive) To increase; to make larger or supplement.
- (intransitive, reflexive) To grow; to increase; to become greater.
- (music) To slow the tempo or meter, e.g. for a dramatic or stately passage.
- (music) To increase an interval, especially the largest interval in a triad, by a half step (chromatic semitone).
- (grammar, transitive) To add an augment to.
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Examples of "augment" in Sentences
- The initial epsilon is the augment.
- The pictures augment the text nicely.
- The augmentation of the bacteria is fast.
- In October 1965, the campus was augmented.
- I took the picture to augment the article.
- The melody features the augmented octave scale.
- Animals also augment the intensity of the field.
- The augmented algebra is the algebra of dual numbers.
- In 1953, the badge was given an augmentation of honour.
- The girth is augmented with transplantation of the patient's fat.