augment — Dizionario inglese

Verbo

1. To increase; to make larger or supplement.

   Uso

   • transitivo

   Esempi

   The money from renting out a spare room can augment a salary.

   Altri esempi (1)

   [T]he fauour of Princes and Magiſtrates noryſheth, augmenteth, and amplyfyeth all artes and ſciences by liberalitie, and extynguyſheth the ſame by miſerable couetouſnes and parcimonie.

2. To grow; to increase; to become greater.

   Uso

   • intransitivo
   • riflessivo

3. To slow the tempo or meter, e.g. for a dramatic or stately passage.

4. To increase an interval, especially the largest interval in a triad, by a half step (chromatic semitone).

5. To add an augment to.

   Uso

   • transitivo

Sostantivo

1. A grammatical prefix In some languages, a prefix *é- (अ- (a-) in Sanskrit, ἐ- (e-) in Greek) indicating a past tense of a verb.

   Esempi

   The augment is found in Greek, Indo-Iranian, Armenian and Phrygian.

2. A grammatical prefix Especially Old Irish, a preverb, usually ro-, used to give a verb a resultative or potential meaning.

   Esempi

   Altri esempi (1)

   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.

3. A grammatical prefix In some languages, an additional vowel prepended to the noun prefix.

4. An increase.

Verbo

1. enlarge or increase

   Termini più generali

   increase

   Esempi

   The recent speech of the president augmented tensions in the Near East

2. grow or intensify

   Termini più generali

   grow

   Esempi

   The pressure augmented