noun Download 🔗Share (grammar) In some Indo-European languages, a prefix e- (a- in Sanskrit) indicating a past tense of a verb. Examples : "The augment, "e-," before the verb "wrote" in the sentence indicates that the action happened in the past. " grammar language linguistics toefl Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (grammar) In some Bantu languages, an additional vowel prepended to the noun prefix. Examples : "The augment, a preceding vowel, changes the meaning of the noun prefix in Swahili. " grammar linguistics language toefl Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An increase. Examples : "The recent augment in rainfall has helped the farmers' crops grow faster. " amount business economy toefl Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To increase; to make larger or supplement. Examples : "The money from renting out a spare room can augment a salary." amount business technical economy toefl Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To grow; to increase; to become greater. Examples : "The company's profits augmented significantly this year. " amount business economy toefl Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To slow the tempo or meter, e.g. for a dramatic or stately passage. Examples : "The conductor augmented the tempo of the music to make the final scene of the play feel more solemn. " music toefl Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To increase an interval, especially the largest interval in a triad, by a half step (chromatic semitone). Examples : "To augment the minor chord, the musician played a chromatic half step above the major third. " music toefl Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (grammar) To add an augment to. Examples : "The teacher augmented the students' reading list by adding three new novels. " grammar linguistics language toefl Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
