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augment

[awg-ment, awg-ment] / ɔgˈmɛnt, ˈɔg mɛnt /


Usage

What are other ways to say augment? Augment, a somewhat formal word, means to make greater, especially by addition from the outside: to augment one's income (by doing extra work). To increase means to make greater, as in quantity, extent, or degree: to increase someone's salary; to increase the velocity; to increase the (degree of) concentration. Enlarge means to make greater in size, extent, or range: to enlarge a building, a business, one's conceptions.

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None of them augment it with their own.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 6, 2026

Such old material does nothing to augment his current sources of hilarious inspiration, including updates on his bowel movements.

From Salon Jul. 3, 2026

Do I need to work longer because I need to augment my savings, my Social Security?’

From MarketWatch May 4, 2026

If Washington imposed a 10% transaction fee on those bets, we would have about $40 billion to augment national investments in basic research, defense, life science and energy technology.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 23, 2026

That is still a bedrock value in Levittown—work—even as teens in higher-end zip codes have moved on to unpaid endeavors to further augment their credentials.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

In other words, will AI be a force that replaces labor, or augments it?

From MarketWatch May 18, 2026

In a funky rendition of “Oh Happy Day,” for instance, the director augments the Sweet Inspirations’ original backing vocals with the newly recorded voices of a gospel choir from Nashville.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 24, 2026

Novo’s cautious C-suite was ready to target Type 2 diabetes—an obvious choice, as GLP-1 augments insulin secretion.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 28, 2025

The verdant flora augments its cinematographic impressiveness, although set design homages to iconic futuristic thrillers, including Stanley Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey” and Scott’s other classic, “Blade Runner,” are a welcome touch.

From Salon Aug. 5, 2025

“That’s amazing. My mother says they’re superhuman. Their second operation augments all their muscles and rewires their nervous system. And they’re so scary-looking, a lot of people just panic the first time they see one.”

From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld

The mobile app Pokémon Go, which is now celebrating its 10th anniversary, uses GPS and augmented reality to let players find and catch virtual monsters in real-world locations.

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

“Where I stay careful is in not letting the technology become the subject. The augmented reality by Snap’s AR Studio adds to the project, doesn’t take you away from it.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 20, 2026

Not too long ago, augmented reality was the hot topic in tech circles, and the metaverse was the next big thing.

From Barron's Jun. 18, 2026

Certain jurisdictions may give the surviving spouse a right of up to 50% of the value of the marital-property portion of the augmented estate.

From MarketWatch Apr. 30, 2026

You must know your major, minor, augmented and diminished triads.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones

Over the past several years, Uber has teamed up with at least 21 companies to work on augmenting its business with autonomous cars, trucks and delivery robots.

From MarketWatch Jan. 20, 2026

Robotaxi companies are augmenting the real-world videos with training in simulated scenarios that help robotaxis deal with once-in-a-blue-moon cases, said Wang, the Pony AI executive.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 8, 2025

Blessedly, Season 3 makes room for glimpses into the locals’ lives beyond the hotel, augmenting the personal stakes for workers beyond the usual administrative staff whose prickliness co-stars in previous seasons.

From Salon Feb. 16, 2025

“That is our job to ensure that we’re providing that 911 service ongoing, on top of pre-deploying, augmenting and still responding to the Palisades fire.”

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 20, 2025

Diminishing and augmenting chords Wagner may have made his own, but they are all over Liszt’s daring, dark harmony.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall




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