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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun augmentation has 3 senses
- augmentation(n = noun.event) Array - the amount by which something increases; Array is a kind of increase
- augmentation(n = noun.communication) Array - the statement of a theme in notes of greater duration (usually twice the length of the original); Array is a kind of statement
- augmentation(n = noun.act) Array - the act of augmenting; Array is a kind of increase, step-up
Derived forms verb augment1, verb augment2
Antonym: diminution
Derived form verb augment1
CIDE DICTIONARY
augmentation, n. [LL. augmentatio: cf. F. augmentation.].
- The act or process of augmenting, or making larger, by addition, expansion, or dilation; increase. [1913 Webster]
- The state of being augmented; enlargement. [1913 Webster]
- The thing added by way of enlargement. [1913 Webster]
- A additional charge to a coat of arms, given as a mark of honor. Cussans. [1913 Webster]
- The stage of a disease in which the symptoms go on increasing. Dunglison. [1913 Webster]
- In counterpoint and fugue, a repetition of the subject in tones of twice the original length. [1913 Webster]
Syn. -- Increase; enlargement; growth; extension; accession; addition.
OXFORD DICTIONARY
augmentation, n.
1 enlargement; growth; increase.
2 Mus. the lengthening of the time-values of notes in melodic parts.
1 enlargement; growth; increase.
2 Mus. the lengthening of the time-values of notes in melodic parts.
Etymology
ME f. F f. LL augmentatio -onis f. augmentare (as AUGMENT)
THESAURUS
augmentation
accession, accretion, adjunct, annex, attachment, bonus, boot, complement, enhancement, enrichment, extra, fixture, increase, increment, plus, raise, reinforcement, riseROGET THESAURUS
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Increase
N increase, augmentation, enlargement, extension, dilatation, increment, accretion, accession, development, growth, aggrandizement, aggravation, rise, ascent, exaggeration exacerbation, spread, flood tide, gain, produce, product, profit, increased, on the increase, undiminished, additional, crescendo, vires acquirit eundo.Adjunct
N adjunct, addition, additament, additum, affix, appelidage, annexe, annex, augment, augmentation, increment, reinforcement, supernumerary, accessory, item, garnish, sauce, accompaniment, adjective, addendum, complement, supplement, continuation, rider, offshoot, episode, side issue, corollary, piece, flap, lappet, skirt, embroidery, trappings, cortege, tail, suffix, wing, additional, alate, alated, winged, in addition.Expansion
N expansion, increase of size, enlargement, extension, augmentation, amplification, ampliation, aggrandizement, spread, increment, growth, development, pullulation, swell, dilation, rarefaction, turgescence, turgidness, turgidity, dispansion, obesity, hydrocephalus, hydrophthalmus, dropsy, tumefaction, intumescence, swelling, tumor, diastole, distension, puffing, puffiness, inflation, pandiculation, dilatability, expansibility, germination, growth, upgrowth, accretion, budding, gemmation, overgrowth, overdistension, hypertrophy, tympany, bulb, plumper, superiority of size, big bang, Hubble constant, expanded larger, &c (large), swollen, expansive, wide open, wide spread, flabelliform, overgrown, exaggerated, bloated, fat, turgid, tumid, hypertrophied, dropsical, pot bellied, swag bellied, edematous, oedematous, obese, puffy, pursy, blowzy, bigswoln, distended, patulous, bulbous, full blown, full grown, full formed, big, abdominous, enchymatous, rhipidate, tumefacient, tumefying.
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