augment
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augment
- /ɔːɡˈmɛnt/ UK
- /ɔɡˈmɛnt/ US
- /ɑɡˈmɛnt/ Atlantic Canada, US, cot caught merger
- /oːɡˈment/ Australia, New Zealand
- /ˈɔːɡmɛnt/ UK
- /ˈɔːɡmənt/ UK
- /ˈɔɡmɛnt/ US
- /ˈɔɡmənt/ US
- /ˈɑɡmɛnt/ Atlantic Canada, US, cot caught merger
- /ˈɑɡmənt/ Atlantic Canada, US, cot caught merger
- /ˈoːɡment/ Australia, New Zealand
Rhymes with -ɛnt
Where it comes from
From Middle English augmenten, from Middle French augmenter, from Old French augmenter, from Late Latin augmentare (“to increase”), from Latin augmentum (“an increase, growth”), from augere (“to increase”).
verb augments · augmenting · augmented
- To increase; to make larger or supplement. The money from renting out a spare room can augment a salary.
- To grow; to increase; to become greater.
- To slow the tempo or meter, e.g. for a dramatic or stately passage.
- To increase an interval, especially the largest interval in a triad, by a half step (chromatic semitone).
- To add an augment to.
Similar: add, amplify, augment, dilate, eke / eke out, elevate, embiggen, enhance, enlarge, enlargen, enrich, greaten
noun augments
- In some languages, a prefix *é- (अ- (a-) in Sanskrit, ἐ- (e-) in Greek) indicating a past tense of a verb. The augment is found in Greek, Indo-Iranian, Armenian and Phrygian.
- Especially Old Irish, a preverb, usually ro-, used to give a verb a resultative or potential meaning. Fundamentally the augment characterizes a verbal action viewed from a non-contemporary standpoint, either the moment of speaking (or writing) or a further verbal action.
- In some languages, an additional vowel prepended to the noun prefix.
- An increase.
