English Dictionary

augment

/ɔːɡˈmɛnt/

verb

(transitive) To increase; to make larger or supplement. / (intransitive, reflexive) To grow; to increase; to become greater. / (music) To slow the tempo or meter, e.g. for a dramatic or stately passage.

They augment their income by taking on extra jobs.

意味（1）

(transitive) To increase; to make larger or supplement.

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

意味（2）

(intransitive, reflexive) To grow; to increase; to become greater.

意味（3）

(music) To slow the tempo or meter, e.g. for a dramatic or stately passage.

意味（4）

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

意味（5）

(grammar, transitive) To add an augment to.