Associations to the word «Augmenting»

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.

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".