augment
Collocations
5ADJ.
enormous, secondary, spare, verbal
VERB + AUGMENT
go, house, sought
AUGMENT + NOUN
income, salary
PREP.
from, in
ADV.
already, fundamentally
Definitions
verb
To increase; to make larger or supplement.
The money from renting out a spare room can augment a salary.
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
The augment is found in Greek, Indo-Iranian, Armenian and Phrygian.
A grammatical prefix
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.
A grammatical prefix
An increase.
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6The money from renting out a spare room can augment a salary.
WiktionaryThe augment is found in Greek, Indo-Iranian, Armenian and Phrygian.
WiktionaryFundamentally the augment characterizes a verbal action viewed from a non-contemporary standpoint, either the moment of speaking (or writing) or a further verbal action.
WiktionaryPeasants often have a secondary activity to augment their income.
Tatoeba · #1152259It is astonishing to what lengths they will go to augment their already enormous amounts of wealth.
Tatoeba · #6090584Prem Buth repairs bikes and motorbikes from his house to augment his income from farming.
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