AUGMENT | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

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Word: Augment

Speech Type: Verb

Etymology:

late Middle English: from Old French augmenter (verb), augment (noun), or late Latin augmentare, from Latin augere ‘to increase’

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: ɔːɡˈmɛnt
Dialects: British English
Definition:

make (something) greater by adding to it; increase

Short Definition:

make something greater by adding to it

Examples:
  • he augmented his summer income by painting houses

Word: Augment

Speech Type: Noun

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: ˈɔːɡmənt
Dialects: British English
Definition:

a vowel prefixed to past tenses of verbs in Greek and certain other Indo-European languages.

Short Definition:

vowel prefixed to past tenses of verbs in Greek and certain other Indo-European languages

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