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augment
English
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”).
Pronunciation
- Verb:
- (UK) IPA(key): /????m?nt/
- (US) IPA(key): /???m?nt/
- Rhymes: -?nt
- Noun:
- (UK) IPA(key): /????m?nt/
- (US) IPA(key): /???m?nt/
- Hyphenation: aug?ment
Verb
augment (third-person singular simple present augments, present participle augmenting, simple past and past participle augmented)
- (transitive) To increase; to make larger or supplement.
- The money from renting out a spare room can augment a salary.
- (intransitive, reflexive) To grow; to increase; to become greater.
- (music) To slow the tempo or meter, e.g. for a dramatic or stately passage.
- (music) To increase an interval, especially the largest interval in a triad, by a half step (chromatic semitone).
- (grammar, transitive) To add an augment to.
Translations
References
- John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “augment”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN
Noun
augment (plural augments)
- (grammar) In some Indo-European languages, a prefix e- (a- in Sanskrit) indicating a past tense of a verb.
- (grammar) In some Bantu languages, an additional vowel prepended to the noun prefix.
- An increase.
Derived terms
- augmentless
Related terms
Translations
Further reading
- augment in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- augment in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- augment at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- mutagen, negatum
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin augmentum.
Noun
augment m (plural augments)
- increase, rise, rising
Related terms
- augmentar
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin augmentum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /o?.m??/
Noun
augment m (plural augments)
- (medieval law) part of the estates which the widow could inherit
- Est aussi conclud et accordé qu'au lieu de douaire dont l'on a accoustumé d'user en France, ladite dame Elisabeth aura pour augment le dot dudit mariage selon l'usage des pais du roy d'Espagne, 166,666 escus d'or sol deux tiers. (marriage contract of the prince of Spain and Ms Elisabeth of France) note: this quote is in Middle French.
- (grammar) augment
- L'augment syllabique consiste en l’addition d’une syllabe ; l'augment temporel, dans le changement d’une brève en longue.
Related terms
- augmenter
Further reading
- “augment” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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auxiliary
English
Etymology
From Latin auxili?rius (“assistant, ally”), equiv. to auxili?ris (“helping, aiding”), from auxilium (“help, aid”), from aug?re (“to increase”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??k?s?lj??i/, /??k?s?li.??i/, /??k?s?l??i/
- (General American) IPA(key): /???z?lj??i/, /???z?li??i/, /???z?l??i/
- (cot-caught merged) IPA(key): /???z?lj??i/, /???z?li??i/, /???z?l??i/
- Rhymes: -?li??i
- Rhymes: -?li???i
Adjective
auxiliary (not comparable)
- Helping; giving assistance or support.
- auxiliary troops
- Synonyms: ancillary, accessory
- Supplementary or subsidiary.
- Held in reserve for exceptional circumstances.
- (nautical) Of a ship, having both sails and an engine.
- (grammar) Relating to an auxiliary verb.
Synonyms
- (supplementary): accessory
- (having sails and engine): motorsailer
Translations
Noun
auxiliary (plural auxiliaries)
- A person or group that acts in an auxiliary manner.
- A sailing vessel equipped with an engine.
- (grammar) An auxiliary verb.
- The three traditionally recognized Non-modal Auxiliaries are the per-
fective Auxiliary have, the progressive Auxiliary be, and the passive Auxiliary
be. Perfective have is so-called because it marks the completion (hence, perfec-
tion) of an action; it is followed by a VP headed by a perfective -n participle, as
in:
(121) The referee has [VP shown him the red card]
- The three traditionally recognized Non-modal Auxiliaries are the per-
- A marching band colorguard.
Translations
Related terms
- auction
- auctioneer
- augment
- augmentation
See also
- axillary
Further reading
- auxiliary in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- auxiliary in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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