augment

Meanings

Plural: augments

Verb

enlarge or increase
- "The recent speech of the president augmented tensions in the Near East"
grow or intensify
- "The pressure augmented"
To increase; to make larger or supplement.
To grow; to increase; to become greater.
To slow the tempo or meter, e.g. for a dramatic or stately passage.
To increase an interval, especially the largest interval in a triad, by a half step (chromatic semitone).
To add an augment to.

Noun

A grammatical prefix
In some languages, a prefix *é- (अ- (a-) in Sanskrit, ἐ- (e-) in Greek) indicating a past tense of a verb.
A grammatical prefix
Especially Old Irish, a preverb, usually ro-, used to give a verb a resultative or potential meaning.
A grammatical prefix
In some languages, an additional vowel prepended to the noun prefix.
An increase.

Origin / Etymology

From 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”).

Synonyms

add, augment, eke, embiggen, enhance, enlarge, enlargen, increase, increment, largen, raise, strengthen, up

Antonyms

decrease, dial back, diminish, lessen, minimize, reduce

Scrabble Score: 10

augment is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
augment is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
augment is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

augment is a valid Words With Friends word