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- pronunciation:
- awg
ment
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb)
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
augments, augmenting, augmented |
| definition: |
to make greater in size, degree, or amount; intensify by adding.
She determined to augment her earnings by taking on a second job.Helicopters brought in more sacks of grain to augment the dwindling supply at the refugee camp.Many products are bought in order to augment one's beauty.- synonyms:
- enlarge, expand, intensify
- antonyms:
- abate, attenuate, decrease, deplete
- similar words:
- advance, aggrandize, amplify, boost, compound, deepen, elaborate, elevate, escalate, flesh out, heighten, increase, lengthen, magnify, multiply, pad, piece, strengthen, supplement, swell, widen
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| related words: |
broaden, build, enhance, expand, fortify, grow, inflate, promote, reinforce |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to become greater in size, degree, or amount.
- synonyms:
- build up, enlarge, expand, intensify
- antonyms:
- abate, decrease
- similar words:
- accrue, escalate, increase, magnify, multiply, pile up, snowball, strengthen
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| related words: |
accumulate, burgeon, grow, swell |
adverb + (v.)augment
electronically, genetically, greatly, significantly, spectrally, surgically
(v.)augment
+ adverb
considerably, equally, newly, thereby
(v.)augment
+ noun
ability,
advertising,
appreciation,
approach,
breast,
budget,
capability,
capacity,
collection,
credibility,
curriculum,
data,
effectiveness,
efficiency,
enhancement,
exhibition,
feedback,
finding,
firepower,
flow,
force,
grant,
income,
influence,
input,
instruction,
intellect,
labor,
literature,
means,
muscle,
navy,
observation,
outflow,
pool,
power,
profit,
purchase,
reality,
reasoning,
representation,
salary,
signal,
soil,
stability,
steam,
supply,
text,
troop,
wealth
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