augment
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English augmenten, from Middle French augmenter, from Old French augmenter, from Late Latin augmentare (“to increase”), from Latin augmentum (“an increase, growth”), from augere (“to increase”).
Pronunciation
edit- Verb:
- Noun:
- Hyphenation: aug‧ment
Verb
editaugment (third-person singular simple present augments, present participle augmenting, simple past and past participle augmented)
- (transitive) To increase; to make larger or supplement.
- The money from renting out a spare room can augment a salary.
- (intransitive, reflexive) To grow; to increase; to become greater.
- (music) To slow the tempo or meter, e.g. for a dramatic or stately passage.
- (music) To increase an interval, especially the largest interval in a triad, by a half step (chromatic semitone).
- (grammar, transitive) To add an augment to.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editto increase, make larger or supplement
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to become greater
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to slow the tempo or meter
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to increase an interval by a half step
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References
edit- John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “augment”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
Noun
editaugment (plural augments)
- (grammar) A grammatical prefix
- (Indo-European languages) In some languages, a prefix *é- (अ- (a-) in Sanskrit, ἐ- (e-) in Greek) indicating a past tense of a verb.
- The augment is found in Greek, Indo-Iranian, Armenian and Phrygian.
- (Celtic languages) Especially Old Irish, a preverb, usually ro-, used to give a verb a resultative or potential meaning.
- 1987, Kim McCone, chapter IX, in The early Irish verb, 2nd edition, Maynooth: An Sagart, published 1997, →ISBN, section 3.1, page 93:
- Fundamentally the augment characterizes a verbal action viewed from a non-contemporary standpoint, either the moment of speaking (or writing) or a further verbal action.
- (Bantu languages) In some languages, an additional vowel prepended to the noun prefix.
- (Indo-European languages) In some languages, a prefix *é- (अ- (a-) in Sanskrit, ἐ- (e-) in Greek) indicating a past tense of a verb.
- An increase.
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editTranslations
editgrammar: prefix indicating past tense of verb
See also
editFurther reading
edit- “augment”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “augment”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “augment”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
editCatalan
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Latin augmentum.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (Central) [əwɡˈmen], [əwˈmen]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [əwɡˈment], [əwˈment]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [awɡˈment], [awˈment]
Noun
editaugment m (plural augments)
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “augment” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Dutch
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin augmentum or another European language.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editaugment n (plural augmenten)
Related terms
editFrench
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin augmentum.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editaugment m (plural augments)
- (medieval law) part of an estate which a widow could inherit
- Est aussi conclud et accordé qu'au lieu de douaire dont l'on a accoustumé d'user en France, ladite dame Elisabeth aura pour augment le dot dudit mariage selon l'usage des pais du roy d'Espagne, 166,666 escus d'or sol deux tiers.
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- (marriage contract of the prince of Spain and Ms Elisabeth of France)
- (grammar) augment
- L’augment syllabique consiste en l’addition d’une syllabe ; l’augment temporel, dans le changement d’une brève en longue.
- Syllabic augment consists of the addition of a syllable; temporal augment in changing it from short to long.
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “augment”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Polish
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Latin augmentum.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editaugment m inan
Declension
editDeclension of augment
singular | plural | |
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nominative | augment | augmenty |
genitive | augmentu | augmentów |
dative | augmentowi | augmentom |
accusative | augment | augmenty |
instrumental | augmentem | augmentami |
locative | augmencie | augmentach |
vocative | augmencie | augmenty |
Related terms
editadjectives
nouns
Further reading
edit- augment in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French augment or Latin augmentum.
Noun
editaugment n (plural augmente)
Declension
editDeclension of augment
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) augment | augmentul | (niște) augmente | augmentele |
genitive/dative | (unui) augment | augmentului | (unor) augmente | augmentelor |
vocative | augmentule | augmentelor |
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