augment — İngilizce Sözlük

Fiil

1. To increase; to make larger or supplement.

   Kullanım

   • geçişli

   Örnekler

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

   Diğer örnekler (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.

   Kullanım

   • geçişsiz
   • dönüşlü

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.

   Kullanım

   • geçişli

İsim

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.

   Örnekler

   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.

   Örnekler

   Diğer örnekler (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.

Fiil

1. enlarge or increase

   Daha genel terimler

   increase

   Örnekler

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

2. grow or intensify

   Daha genel terimler

   grow

   Örnekler

   The pressure augmented