augment

Meaning

Verb

1. To increase; to make larger or supplement.
2. To grow; to increase; to become greater.
3. To slow the tempo or meter, e.g. for a dramatic or stately passage.
4. To increase an interval, especially the largest interval in a triad, by a half step (chromatic semitone).
5. To add an augment to.

Noun

1. A grammatical prefix
2. A grammatical prefix
3. A grammatical prefix
4. An increase.

Concepts

augment

increase

enlarge

expand

aggrandize

grow

raise

magnify

add

amplify

enhance

add to

accrue

extend

multiply

rise

supplement

step up

heighten

intensify

swell

wax

spread

boost

reinforce

mount

attach

widen

adulterate

anoint

apply

dilute

grease

reach

smear

spread out

spread-eagle

stretch

stretch out

unfold

unfurl

unroll

thicken

escalate

improve

append

advance

promote

bring up

increment

develop

broaden

dilate

build up

vegetate

propagate

adjoin

scale up

elevate

increase up

layout

double

duplicate

lay out

make worse

help

hide

bolster

reenforce

repeat

proliferate

emphasize

intensification

redouble

stiffen

strengthen

multiplication

promotion

attain

boom

bourgeon

build

burgeon

burgeon forth

full

gather

stem

bump up

breed

bring

check

condition

discipline

educate

establish

keep

produce

rear

train

diversify

distend

add on

admix

blend in

cut in

exasperate

gain

insert

interlard

intersperse

lace

put on

redound

run up

suffix

tack on

tag on

throw in

toss in

blow up

bulk

pile up

affix

greaten

split

procreate

grow larger

complement

replenish

lengthen

aggrandise

exaggerate

move up

upgrade

foster

artful

Hyphenated as

aug‧ment

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɔːɡˈmɛnt/

Etymology

From Middle English augmenten, from Middle French augmenter, from Old French augmenter, from Late Latin augmentare (“to increase”), from Latin augmentum (“an increase, growth”), from augere (“to increase”).