Associations to the word «Augment»
Noun
- Manpower
- Capability
- Implant
- Gps
- Firepower
- Tense
- Booster
- Prefix
- Contingency
- Secretion
- Airlift
- Graft
- Insulin
- Payload
- Effectiveness
- Reflex
- Militia
- Supply
- Salary
- Conscription
- Guardsman
- Garrison
- Increase
- Expertise
- Complement
- Emergency
- Embryo
- Deployment
- Duc
- Ability
- Woe
- Wax
- Verb
- Squadron
- Wearer
- Vowel
- Exertion
- Combat
- Capacity
- Bounty
- Commissioning
- Strength
- Mercenary
- Activation
- Force
- Revenue
- Marine
- Irrigation
- Sensor
- Patrol
- Power
- Api
- Metabolite
- Mirth
- Proportion
- Batterie
- Volunteer
- Reservoir
Adjective
Verb
Wiktionary
AUGMENT, verb. (transitive) To increase; to make larger or supplement.
AUGMENT, verb. (intransitive) (reflexive) To grow; to increase; to become greater.
AUGMENT, verb. (music) To slow the tempo or meter, e.g. for a dramatic or stately passage.
AUGMENT, verb. (music) To increase an interval, especially the largest interval in a triad, by a half step (chromatic semitone).
AUGMENT, verb. (grammar) (transitive) To add an augment to.
AUGMENT, noun. (grammar) In some Indo-European languages, a prefix e- (a- in Sanskrit) indicating a past tense of a verb.
Dictionary definition
AUGMENT, verb. Enlarge or increase; "The recent speech of the president augmented tensions in the Near East".
AUGMENT, verb. Grow or intensify; "The pressure augmented".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.