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 technology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To grow; to increase; to become greater. Examples : "The student is augmenting her knowledge by reading extra books about science. " amount business Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To slow the tempo or meter, e.g. for a dramatic or stately passage. Examples : "The director started augmenting the tempo of the music as the hero walked slowly through the battlefield. " music 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 : "The composer is augmenting the major third interval in the chord to create a more dissonant and dramatic effect. " music Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (grammar) To add an augment to. Examples : "The teacher was augmenting the children's story with more descriptive words. " grammar linguistics language Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading