augmentation

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) The act or process of augmenting.
2. (countable, uncountable) An addition or extra, something that is added to something else.
3. (countable, uncountable) A particular mark of honour, granted by the sovereign in consideration of some noble action, or by favour; and either quartered with the family arms, or on an escutcheon or canton.
4. (countable, uncountable) A surgical procedure to enlarge a body part, as breast augmentation.
5. (countable, uncountable) The stage of a disease during which symptoms increase or continue.
6. (countable, uncountable) A compositional technique where the composer lengthens the melody by lengthening its note values.
7. (countable, uncountable) An increase of stipend obtained by a parish minister by an action raised in the Court of Teinds against the titular and heritors.

Synonyms

increase

growth

addition

increment

extension

enlargement

expansion

magnification

development

raise

supplement

rise

accretion

escalation

enlarge

increasing

accruement

aggrandizement

multiplication

raising

replenishment

reproduction

surge

swell

unpack

waxing

cadency

affixation

expasion

incerment

accession

brisure

accrual

advancement

aggrandisement

alloy

amplification

annexing

boost

bringing up

buildup

cultivation

dilatation

dilation

expand

extend

gain

growing

infusion

Translations

aumento

augmentation

ingrandimento

αύξηση

agrandissement

aumento

Vergrößerung

incrementum

aangroei

Zunahme

accroissement

vermeerdering

aumento

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: augmentation

In summary

From Middle English augmentation, augmentacion, augmentacioun, from Old French augmentacion, from Latin augmentātiō, verbal noun from augmentō (“increase”, verb).

Sentences

Again , this design is intentional and is to separate validation and augmentation .