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# augment

«augment» in Mova's school dictionary: **To make something bigger, stronger or better by adding to it** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (augment, augments, augmented, augmenting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) To make something bigger, stronger or better by adding to it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/augment/#m1)

2) (music) To make a musical interval larger (augmented chord). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/augment/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

A formal exam-voice word: augment your income, augment the team. In maths it hints at adding to an amount. In technology, augmented reality adds pictures to the real world on a screen. Phrases: augment income, augmented reality, augment with.

### examples

- She augments her pocket money by washing cars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/augment/#x1)
- The team was augmented by two new players. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/augment/#x2)
- Augmented reality games add creatures to the real world on your screen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/augment/#x3)
- The museum augmented its collection with new fossils. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/augment/#x4)
- Exercise can augment your strength. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/augment/#x5)
- The farmer augmented the soil with compost. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/augment/#x6)
- The choir was augmented by singers from another school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/augment/#x7)

### note

Formal; plain words: increase, add to, boost. Noun: augmentation. In maths word problems, "augmented by 5" means "increased by 5" (add 5). Stress: awg-MENT.

### In the corpora

- [He that augmenteth his substance by interest and increase, gathereth it for him that is gracious to the poor.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.812/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «augment» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/augment/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.