English
augment
Etymology

From Middle English augmenten, from Middle French augmenter, from Old French augmenter, from Late Latin augmentare, from Latin augmentum, from augere ("to increase").

Pronunciation
  • Verb:
    • (British) IPA: /ɔːɡˈmɛnt/
    • (America) IPA: /ɔɡˈmɛnt/, (cot-caught) IPA: /ɑɡˈmɛnt/
  • Noun:
    • (British) IPA: /ˈɔːɡmənt/
    • (America) IPA: /ˈɔɡmənt/, (cot-caught) IPA: /ˈɑɡmənt/
Verb

augment (augments, present participle augmenting; simple past and past participle augmented)

  1. (transitive) To increase; to make larger or supplement.
    The money from renting out a spare room can augment a salary.
  2. (intransitive, reflexive) To grow; to increase; to become greater.
  3. (music) To slow the tempo or meter, e.g. for a dramatic or stately passage.
  4. (music) To increase an interval, especially the largest interval in a triad, by a half step (chromatic semitone).
  5. (grammar, transitive) To add an augment to.
Translations Translations Translations
  • French: élargir le mouvement
Translations Noun

augment (plural augments)

  1. (grammar) A grammatical prefix
    1. (Indo-European languages) In some languages, a prefix *é- (अ- in Sanskrit, ἐ- in Greek) indicating a past tense of a verb.
      The augment is found in Greek, Indo-Iranian, Armenian and Phrygian.
    2. (Celtic languages) Especially Old Irish, a preverb, usually ro-, used to give a verb a resultative or potential meaning.
    3. (Bantu languages) In some languages, an additional vowel prepended to the noun prefix.
  2. An increase.
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