Augment

Quick meaning: Augment is a verb meaning (transitive) To increase; to make larger or supplement.

Meaning

(transitive) To increase; to make larger or supplement.

More Meanings

1. (intransitive, reflexive) To grow; to increase; to become greater.
2. (music) To slow the tempo or meter, e.g. for a dramatic or stately passage.
3. (music) To increase an interval, especially the largest interval in a triad, by a half step (chromatic semitone).
4. (grammar, transitive) To add an augment to.
5. (grammar) A grammatical prefix
6. An increase.

Example Sentences

The money from renting out a spare room can augment a salary.

Word Forms

• augments
• augmenting
• augmented

Synonyms for augment

Depending on context, synonyms include add, amplify, dilate, elevate, embiggen, enhance.

Antonyms for augment

Common opposites include contract, diminish.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include augmentative, building, increasing, increment, increase, amplify.

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