FromMiddle English augmenten Middle French augmenter Old French augmenter Late Latin augmentare ( “ to increase ” ) , fromLatin augmentum ( “ an increase, growth ” ) , fromaugere ( “ to increase ” ) .
Verb: Noun: Hyphenation:aug‧ment augment (third-person singular simple present augments present participle augmenting simple past and past participle augmented
( transitive ) increase ; to makelarger orsupplement .The money from renting out a spare room canaugment a salary.
( intransitive , reflexive ) grow ; to increase; to becomegreater .( music ) slow thetempo ormeter , e.g. for a dramatic or stately passage.( music ) interval , especially the largest interval in atriad , by a halfstep (chromatic semitone ).( grammar , transitive ) to increase, make larger or supplement
—see also enhance ,
boost Bulgarian:увеличавам (bg) ( uveličavam ) ,прибавям (bg) ( pribavjam ) Catalan:augmentar (ca) Czech:rozšířit (cs) ,zvětšit (cs) Dutch:vergroten (nl) ,verhogen (nl) ,aanvullen (nl) Finnish:lisätä (fi) ,kasvattaa (fi) ,laajentaa (fi) French:augmenter (fr) German:vergrößern (de) ,erhöhen (de) ,vermehren (de) Greek:Ancient:αὐξάνω ( auxánō ) Ido:augmentar (io) Italian:aumentare (it) ,crescere (it) ,accrescere (it) ,potenziare (it) Japanese:増やす (ja) ( fuyasu ) Korean:증가시키다 ( jeunggasikida ) Latin:augeo (la) ,accumulō Lithuanian:padidinti Maori:whakakaurahi whakarawaka Norwegian:øke (no) Portuguese:aumentar (pt) Russian:(increase/make larger) увели́чивать (ru) impf ( uvelíčivatʹ ) ,увели́чить (ru) pf ( uvelíčitʹ ) ,( supplement ) дополня́ть (ru) impf ( dopolnjátʹ ) ,допо́лнить (ru) pf ( dopólnitʹ ) Spanish:aumentar (es) ,incrementar (es) ,augmentar ( dated ) ,embonar (es) ,jerarquizar (es) ,potenciar (es) ,potencializar acrecentar (es) Swedish:öka (sv) Turkish:çoğaltmak (tr) ,artırmak (tr)
to slow the tempo or meter
to increase an interval by a half step
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augment (plural augments
( grammar ) ( Indo-European languages) prefix *é- अ- ( a- ) in Sanskrit,ἐ- ( e- ) in Greek) indicating apast tense of a verb.Theaugment is found in Greek, Indo-Iranian, Armenian and Phrygian.
( Celtic languages) ro- 1987 The early Irish verb , 2nd edition, Maynooth: An Sagart, published1997 ,→ISBN 93 :Fundamentally theaugment characterizes a verbal action viewed from a non-contemporary standpoint, either the moment of speaking (or writing) or a further verbal action.
( Bantu languages) noun prefix .Anincrease . grammar: prefix indicating past tense of verb
“augment ”, inWebster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary G. & C. Merriam ,1913 ,→OCLC William Dwight Whitney ,Benjamin E[li] Smith , editors (1911 ), “augment ”, inThe Century Dictionary [ … ] The Century Co. ,→OCLC “augment ”, inOneLook Dictionary Search . Learned borrowing fromLatin augmentum
augment m plural augments
increase ,rise ,rising ( linguistics ) augment ( optics ) magnification Borrowed fromLatin augmentum
IPA (key ) : /ɑu̯xˈmɛnt/ Hyphenation:aug‧ment Rhymes:-ɛnt augment n plural augmenten nodiminutive )
( Indo-European grammar ) augment ( prefix before a past-tense verb ) Borrowed fromLatin augmentum
augment m plural augments
( medieval law ) estate which awidow couldinherit Est aussi conclud et accordé qu'au lieu de douaire dont l'on a accoustumé d'user en France, ladite dame Elisabeth aura pouraugment le dot dudit mariage selon l'usage des pais du roy d'Espagne, 166,666 escus d'or sol deux tiers. (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation) (marriage contract of theprince of Spain and MsElisabeth of France ) note: this quote is inMiddle French ( grammar ) augment L'augment syllabique consiste en l’addition d’une syllabe ; l'augment temporel, dans le changement d’une brève en longue. Syllabicaugment consists of the addition of a syllable; temporalaugment in changing it from short to long. Learned borrowing fromLatin augmentum
augment m inan
( grammar ) augment ( suffix in some Indo-European languages indicating the past tense ) augment in Polish dictionaries at PWNBorrowed fromFrench augment Latin augmentum
augment n plural augmente
increase ,growth ,augmentation 
