augment
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Synonyms & Antonyms for augment
Synonyms: Verb
accelerate, add (to), aggrandize, amplify, boost, build up, compound, enlarge, escalate, expand, extend, hype, increase, multiply, pump up, raise, stoke, supersize, swell, up
Antonyms: Verb
abate, decrease, de-escalate, diminish, downsize, dwindle, lessen, lower, minify, reduce, subtract (from)
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Examples of augment in a Sentence
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… a former member of Brunet's team, Jean-Renaud Boisserie of Berkeley, is in the Middle Awash seeking to augment the animal fossil record—particularly that of hippopotamuses. — Rex Dalton, Nature, 5 Jan. 2006 These reserve units will soon be augmented by full-time Maritime Safety and Security Teams. The first of these teams was formed on July 3; a dozen more are supposed to be created within the next three years. — David Helvarg, Popular Science, September 2002 The sale of its shares in such companies has helped augment its cash reserves from $1.7 billion to $2 billion. Call it a rainy-day fund—something that other dot-coms never had. But the move also suggests that even Yahoo has lost faith in the once boundless promise of Internet companies. — Brad Stone, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2001 The money augmented his fortune. Heavy rains augmented the water supply.
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The commission has augmented its HUD funding for the academy with donations from the private sector, the Grand Jury noted. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Grand Jury praises city program that aims to help families become self-sufficient," 21 June 2019 His back issues are reportedly not a thing anymore, leaving him back at the helm of one of the league's better offenses, which was augmented in the offseason by the return of DeSean Jackson. — Des Bieler, chicagotribune.com, "The top fantasy football quarterbacks to draft in 2019," 5 Aug. 2019 As a result, the Air Force is contemplating augmenting the HH-60W with electric air vehicles that can be dropped in seconds with a paramedic on board, and then autonomously fly both patient and paramedic out of immediate danger. — Eric Adams, WIRED, "The Air Force's New Rescue Chopper Flies Farther Than Ever," 19 July 2019 Songs, in this context, augment the fable and help fill in the parts that must be filled in by the viewer’s imagination. — Mick Lasalle, ExpressNews.com, "COVER: Lion King review," 18 July 2019 This limits uptake—but increases exclusivity, further augmented by requiring an invitation to join. — The Economist, "Superhuman tries to reinvent email," 11 July 2019 Unless explicitly stated otherwise, any new features that augment or enhance the current Service shall be subject to the TOS. — The New York Review of Books, "Terms of Service: Individual Online Subscribers and Registered Users," 17 June 2019 Both Brown and general manager Bryan Colangelo said that the Sixers are considering adding more personnel to their coaching and development staff, among whom could be shooting specialists who would augment current shooting coach John Townsend. — David Murphy, Philly.com, "Ben Simmons' shot won't get a rebuild this offseason, but it will get a lot of work with Sixers' staff | David Murphy," 12 May 2018 In the days and weeks following the shooting, the remaining Capital staff — augmented by reporters and editors from parent company Baltimore Sun Media, as well as journalists from newspapers all over the country — faced several imperatives. — Chris Kaltenbach, baltimoresun.com, "Taking back control: A year later, Capital Gazette shooting survivors putting their lives, hearts back together," 28 June 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
The ultimate threat of an omnipotent artificial intelligence demands that humanity augment or die. — Josh Wilbur, WIRED, "You Could Live Forever With This Sci-Fi Time Hack," 4 June 2019 The Wharton economists, in turn, responded that other administrations have tried over decades to create airtight requirements that federal money augment, not replace, local spending, and that those efforts have routinely failed. — Michael Laris, Washington Post, "As Trump Cabinet secretaries head to Hill, big hurdles remain on infrastructure," 13 Mar. 2018 Contracts are a much more open-ended excuse to explore your environment than hunting skill points and augments in Dishonored 2. — Steven Strom, Ars Technica, "Dishonored: Death of the Outsider," 20 Sep. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'augment.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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