augment

augmenter, accroître

Rendre quelque chose plus grand, plus important ou plus fort en y ajoutant quelque chose.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : augment something with something (They augmented their savings with money from weekend work.)

Synonymes : increase, supplement, expand

Contraires : reduce, decrease

Expressions courantes : augment something, augment income, augment resources

augmenter, croître

Devenir plus grand, plus important ou plus intense.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : augment in something (The force continued to augment in strength.)

Synonymes : grow, increase

Contraires : shrink, decrease

Expressions courantes : augment in size, augment in strength

augment

Son ajouté au début du verbe dans certaines langues pour indiquer le passé.

En anglais simple : 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.

Expressions courantes : syllabic augment, past tense augment, the augment