augmentation

«augmentation» in Mova's school dictionary: Making something bigger, larger or stronger by adding to it — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (augmentation, augmentations)

meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) Making something bigger, larger or stronger by adding to it. tree →

2) Something added to make something larger. tree →

sense in the lessons

Formal and exam voice: augmentation of income, augmentation of a team. In music: making note lengths longer. In medicine: surgery that makes a body part bigger. Phrases: augmentation of.

examples

• The club asked for an augmentation of its budget. tree →
• The augmentation of the team made the work faster. tree →
• The new wing was an augmentation to the school. tree →
• In music, augmentation makes each note last twice as long. tree →
• The pay augmentation pleased the workers. tree →
• Augmentation of the library added 200 books. tree →

note

Formal; everyday: increase, boost, addition. Verb: augment. In maths problems "augmented by 20" means increased by 20, so add 20.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «augmentation» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.