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单词 augmentative
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
aug•ment•a•tive  (ôg mentə tiv),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. serving to augment.
  2. Grammarpertaining to or productive of a form denoting increased size or intensity. In Spanish the augmentative suffix -ón is added to a word (as silla "chair'') to indicate increased size, as in sillón "armchair.''

n. 
  1. Grammaran augmentative element or formation.
  • Middle French
  • 1495–1505; augment + -ative; replacing augmentatif
aug•menta•tive•ly, adv. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
augmentative /ɔːɡˈmɛntətɪv/ adj
  1. tending or able to augment
  2. denoting an affix that may be added to a word to convey the meaning large or great; for example, the suffix -ote in Spanish, where hombre means man and hombrote big man
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