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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024aug•ment•er (ôg men′tər),USA pronunciation n. - a person or thing that augments.
- Aeronautics, Rocketry[Aviation, Rocketry.]any auxiliary device, as an afterburner, for additional thrust from the exhaust of a jet or rocket engine.
Also, aug•men′tor. - augment + -er1, -or2 1525–35
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024aug•ment /ɔgˈmɛnt/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object]- to make larger;
enlarge in size, number, or strength;
increase:He taught English after work to augment his income.
aug•men•ta•tion, n. [countable]aug•ment•er, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024aug•ment (v. ôg ment′;n. ôg′ment),USA pronunciation v.t. - to make larger;
enlarge in size, number, strength, or extent;
increase:His salary is augmented by a small inheritance. - Music and Dance
- 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.
- Grammarto add an augment to.
- Heraldryto grant an augmentation to (a coat of arms).
v.i. - to become larger.
n. - Grammara 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.
- Late Latin augmentāre to increase, derivative of augmentum an increase (aug(ēre) to increase (akin to eke) + -mentum -ment) + -ā- thematic vowel + -re infinitive ending
- Anglo-French, Middle French au(g)menter
- late Middle English au(g)menten 1375–1425
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged swell. See increase.
- 5.See corresponding entry in Unabridged increase.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: augment vb /ɔːɡˈmɛnt/- to make or become greater in number, amount, strength, etc; increase
Etymology: 15th Century: from Late Latin augmentāre to increase, from augmentum growth, from Latin augēre to increaseaugˈmentable adj augˈmentor, augˈmenter n |