augment

aumentar, incrementar

Hacer que algo tenga más tamaño, cantidad o fuerza añadiéndole algo.

En inglés sencillo: To make something larger or greater by adding to it.

• Extra work can augment your income.
• The hospital augmented its staff during the emergency.
• They plan to augment the water supply with a new well.

Cómo se usa: augment something with something (They augmented their savings with money from weekend work.)

Sinónimos: increase, supplement, expand

Antónimos: reduce, decrease

Expresiones frecuentes: augment something, augment income, augment resources

aumentar, crecer

Pasar a tener más tamaño, cantidad o intensidad.

En inglés sencillo: To become larger or greater.

• Their numbers began to augment.
• The army’s strength augmented over the winter.
• The pressure may augment as the heat rises.

Cómo se usa: augment in something (The force continued to augment in strength.)

Sinónimos: grow, increase

Antónimos: shrink, decrease

Expresiones frecuentes: augment in size, augment in strength

aumento

Sonido que se añade al principio de un verbo en algunas lenguas para indicar tiempo pasado.

En inglés sencillo: A sound added at the start of a verb in some languages to show past time.

• This Greek verb has an augment.
• The augment marks a past tense.
• Students identified the augments in the verb forms.

Expresiones frecuentes: syllabic augment, past tense augment, the augment