augment
[ verb awg-ment; noun awg-ment ]
/ verb ɔgˈmɛnt; noun ˈɔg mɛnt /
verb (used with object)
to make larger; enlarge in size, number, strength, or extent; increase: His salary is augmented by a small inheritance.
Music.
- to raise (the upper note of an interval or chord) by a half step.
- to double the note values of (a theme): In the fugue's development the subject is augmented.
Grammar.
to add an augment to.
Heraldry.
to grant an augmentation to (a coat of arms).
verb (used without object)
to become larger.
noun
Grammar.
a prefixed vowel or a lengthening of the initial vowel that characterizes certain forms in the nonpresent inflection of verbs in Greek, Sanskrit, Armenian, and Phrygian.
Origin of augment
OTHER WORDS FROM augment
aug·ment·a·ble, adjective un·aug·ment·a·ble, adjective un·aug·ment·ed, adjectiveWords nearby augment
Example sentences from the Web for augmented
British Dictionary definitions for augmented (1 of 2)
augmented
/ (ɔːɡˈmɛntɪd) /
adjective
music
(of an interval) increased or expanded from the state of being perfect or major by the raising of the higher note or the dropping of the lower note by one semitone
C to G is a perfect fifth, but C to G sharp is an augmented fifth Compare diminished (def. 2)
music
- denoting a chord based upon an augmented triadan augmented seventh chord
- denoting a triad consisting of the root plus a major third and an augmented fifth
- (postpositive) (esp in jazz) denoting a chord having as its root the note specifiedD augmented
having been increased, esp in number
an augmented orchestra
British Dictionary definitions for augmented (2 of 2)
augment
verb (ɔːɡˈmɛnt)
to make or become greater in number, amount, strength, etc; increase
(tr)
(in Greek and Sanskrit grammar) to prefix a vowel or diphthong to (a verb) to form a past tense
noun (ˈɔːɡmɛnt)
(in Greek and Sanskrit grammar) a vowel or diphthong prefixed to a verb to form a past tense
Derived forms of augment
augmentable, adjective augmentor or augmenter, nounWord Origin for augment
C15: from Late Latin
augmentāre to increase, from
augmentum growth, from Latin
augēre to increase