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# augmentation

noun (augmentation, augmentations)

«augmentation» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (formal) Making something bigger, larger or stronger by adding to it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/augmentation/#m1)
2. Something added to make something larger. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/augmentation/#m2)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/augmentation/#x1)
- The augmentation of the team made the work faster. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/augmentation/#x2)
- The new wing was an augmentation to the school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/augmentation/#x3)
- In music, augmentation makes each note last twice as long. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/augmentation/#x4)
- The pay augmentation pleased the workers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/augmentation/#x5)
- Augmentation of the library added 200 books. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/augmentation/#x6)

### Note

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «augmentation» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/augmentation/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«augmentation» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/augmentation.html) on Mova free.