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# augmented

«augmented» in Mova's school dictionary: **made bigger or added to** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb past form of augment (augment, augments, augmented, augmenting); adjective (augmented)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) Augmented means made bigger or added to. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/augmented/#m1)

2) (adjective) Augmented reality is a computer picture added on top of the real world you see through a phone or glasses. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/augmented/#m2)

3) In music, an augmented chord or interval is made a bit wider. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/augmented/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

A formal word in exam and science language: «his income was augmented by a paper round» means increased. In technology lessons augmented reality (AR) games put digital creatures into the real room. Everyday speech says «increased», «added to», «boosted».

### examples

- (formal) The team was augmented by three new players. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/augmented/#x1)
- She augmented her pocket money by washing cars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/augmented/#x2)
- The game uses augmented reality to show dinosaurs in your garden. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/augmented/#x3)
- (formal) The original sum was augmented by 20%. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/augmented/#x4)
- The museum's collection was augmented by a gift of fossils. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/augmented/#x5)
- The choir was augmented for the big concert. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/augmented/#x6)

### note

Formal; regular verb. Noun: augmentation. In maths «augmented by 20%» means increased by 20%, so multiply by 1.2; «augmented by 5» means add 5.

### Trees and pragmatics

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