augment

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: aug‧ment

verb

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ɔːɡˈmɛnt/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /ɑɡˈmɛnt/

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noun

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈɔːɡmənt/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈɑɡmənt/

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Verb

Plain form augment

Third-person singular augments

Past tense augmented

Past participle augmented

Present participle augmenting

1. If something is augmented, it is increased or made larger.

   The money from renting out the spare room can augment his income.

Related words

• augmentation

Noun

Singular augment

Plural augments

1. (countable) An augment is a vowel prefixed to past tenses of verbs in some Indo-European languages.