augment

verb · nounB1

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

augments

V_ing/Gerund

augmenting

V_ed/pp

augmented

1.
(transitive)To increase; to make larger or supplement.
The money from renting out a spare room can augment a salary.
2.
(intransitive, reflexive)To grow; to increase; to become greater.
3.
(music) To slow the tempo or meter, e.g. for a dramatic or stately passage.
4.
(music) To increase an interval, especially the largest interval in a triad, by a half step (chromatic semitone).
5.
(transitive)(grammar, transitive) To add an augment to.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

augments

1.
(grammar) A grammatical prefix
2.
An increase.

Từ liên quan

Cùng gốc / liên quan

augmentaryaugmenteeaugmentivebioaugmentreaugment

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro From Middle English augmenten, from Middle French augmenter, from Old French augmenter, from augmentare (to increase), from Latin augmentum (an increase, growth), from augere (to increase).