Augment

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ɔːɡˈmÉ›nt/
• US enPR: ôg-mÄ•ntʹ IPA: /ɔɡˈmÉ›nt/
• cot-caught IPA: /ɑɡˈmÉ›nt/
• Rhymes: -É›nt
• Hyphenation: aug + ment

Origin

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

Full definition of augment

Verb

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.

Noun

1. (grammar) In some Indo-European languages, a prefix e- (a- in Sanskrit) indicating a past tense of a verb.

Derived terms

• augmentless

Related terms

• auction
• augmentable
• augmentation

Anagrams

• mutagen