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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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Teleperformance, the world's largest call centre operator and one of the Philippines' biggest private employers, has said AI offers an opportunity to augment rather than replace its workforce.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

When it steps outside its own borders, the country’s idealism can often augment its realism.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

None of them augment it with their own.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 6, 2026

"The gene-therapy approach in this study is a new avenue that can complement and potentially augment what will surely be a multi-disciplinary solution to one day regenerate human limbs."

From Science Daily May 9, 2026

Some way had to be found to impart greater energies to the projectiles: man’s cunning had to augment nature’s gifts to create a new kind of nuclear probe.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

Despite the market’s concerns about the longevity of the current chip boom, Samsung still forecasts a major supply-demand deficit to persist into 2027, as growth in agentic AI augments the huge buildout of AI infrastructure.

From MarketWatch Jul. 30, 2026

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

From MarketWatch May 18, 2026

But if AI primarily augments tasks rather than replaces jobs, this approach misses the mark.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 28, 2026

Villavicencio said she augments her benefits by collecting donated food at her son’s school twice a month.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 8, 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

Some jobs will be automated, others will be "augmented".

From BBC Jul. 21, 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

Social media company Snap showcased a pair of its $2,195 augmented reality glasses Tuesday, staking a claim in a race to reshape how people interact with computers.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 16, 2026

Listen to the augmented prime62 , diminished second63 , augmented third64 , diminished sixth65 , augmented seventh66 , diminished octave67 , augmented fourth68 , and diminished fifth69 .

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

You’ve never read a bird book like this one, written and illustrated in a spirit of determined awareness, augmenting facts with spirited play.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

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

These questions point to an exciting potential for developing more adaptive training frameworks that not only focus on teaching AI but also on augmenting human capabilities to form future human-AI teams.

From Science Daily Dec. 3, 2024

He eventually started making extra money connecting tourists and potential brides with marriage brokers, augmenting his income from driving, interpreting, running an internet cafe and selling frozen meatballs.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2024

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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