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What (who) is augment - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Augments; Augmented; Augmentation; Augment (disambiguation); Augment (linguistics)
Augment
·vt To add an augment to.
II. Augment ·noun Enlargement by addition; increase.
III. Augment ·noun A vowel prefixed, or a lengthening of the initial vowel, to mark past time, as in ·Gr. and ·Skr. verbs.
IV. Augment ·vi To Increase; to grow larger, stronger, or more intense; as, a stream augments by rain.
augment
[?:g'm?nt]
¦ verb
1. make greater by addition; increase.
2. [as adjective augmented] Music denoting an interval which is one semitone greater than the corresponding major or perfect interval.
Derivatives
augmenter noun
Origin
ME: from OFr. augmenter (v.), augment (n.), or late L. augmentare, from L. augere 'to increase'.
augment
(augments, augmenting, augmented)
To augment something means to make it larger, stronger, or more effective by adding something to it. (FORMAL)
While searching for a way to augment the family income, she began making dolls.
= supplement
VERB: V n
• augmentation
The augmentation of the army began along traditional lines.
N-UNCOUNT: oft N of n
Examples of use of augment
1. The additional peacekeepers were to augment the 2,000–strong U.N.
2. Again, it will hardly augment the sum of human knowledge.
3. Flat, unobtrusive solar tiles cover the roof and augment power.
4. Secondly, it will significantly augment our productive capacity.
5. Bush‘s declaration orders federal aid to augment state and local recovery efforts.