augment
augment Lexical Profile
augment Game Scores & Validity
• verb
To make something greater, larger, or more effective by adding to it; to increase or supplement.
"She took on freelance editing projects to augment her regular teaching income."
To raise a musical interval by a chromatic semitone, or to lengthen the time value of the notes of a melody.
"In the final movement, the composer augments the main theme by doubling the duration of each note."
• noun
Something added to increase, enlarge, or supplement a whole; an addition or increase.
"The new software module serves as a useful augment to the existing analytical platform."
In certain Indo-European languages (such as Ancient Greek and Sanskrit), a vowel prefix or lengthening of an initial vowel added to a verb stem to indicate past tense.
"In Ancient Greek grammar, the syllabic augment is prefixed to the verb stem to form the imperfect and aorist indicative."
Word Nuance & Usage
As a verb, 'augment' is pronounced with the stress on the second syllable (/ɔːɡˈmɛnt/), whereas the rarer grammatical noun is stressed on the first syllable (/ˈɔːɡmɛnt/).
• Rhymes for augment
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in Middle English from Old French augmenter, from Late Latin augmentare ('to increase'), which derives from Latin augmentum ('an increase') and the verb augere ('to increase, make great').