v
(transitive) To bring out distinctly; to make more noticeable or prominent; to emphasize.
v
(intransitive, of an eye) To change focal length in order to focus at a different distance.
n
Something which adds or increases.
v
(transitive) To make better; improve.
n
enlargement; amplification
v
(obsolete or nonstandard) To amplify.
n
The act, or result of amplifying, enlarging, extending or adding.
n
Anything that amplifies, or makes something larger or more intense.
v
(translation studies) To add content that is not present in the source text to the target text, usually to improve the fluency of the translation.
adj
(music) Clipping of augmented. [increased in number, amount or strength.]
n
(arithmetic) A quantity to which another is added.
v
(intransitive, reflexive) To grow; to increase; to become greater.
n
The act or process of augmenting.
adj
Of or relating to augmentation; augmentative.
adj
Growing, enlarging, increasing.
n
(programming) An assignment by which an operator takes a variable as one of its arguments and then assigns the result back to this variable.
adj
Serving to augment, enhance, or increase; augmentative.
n
(linguistics) A term that serves to amplify or strengthen an utterance, such as "really".
v
(transitive, intransitive) To expand together; to (cause to) undergo coexpansion.
v
To augment or make something greater.
adj
Tending to enhance something.
n
(rare) One who enlarges.
n
One who expands; something that expands.
n
A product to be used with a previous product.
v
To increase or magnify considerably.
n
(linguistics) A phrase that extends an expression to include further members of a set, e.g. "and stuff", "or something".
n
The state of being extended
v
(transitive) To bring into perfect alignment (especially about rivet holes when connecting structural members).
n
Something extra that is added to increase the size of something.
n
(rare) An increment; an addition; augmentation.
n
One who, or that which, increases.
n
(grammar) A syllable in excess of the number of the nominative singular or the second-person singular present indicative.
n
Obsolete form of enhancement. [An improvement or supplement that tends to increase a sense of esteem.]
v
(obsolete) To augment; to increase.
n
(obsolete) increase; enlargement
v
(intransitive) To grow in number.
v
(obsolete, figuratively) To weigh or take the measure of (an immaterial object).
v
(optometry) To increase a correction.
v
(transitive, intransitive) To increase in number or spread rapidly; to multiply.
n
(uncountable) The condition of being protracted
v
(transitive) To strengthen, especially by addition or augmentation.
n
(economics, idiomatic, plural only) a function describing how returns scale when production increases in the long run
v
(idiomatic) To evaluate; to estimate or anticipate the magnitude, difficulty, or strength of something.
n
The act by which something is surmounted, or overcome.
n
Extending limited data to make up for gaps
v
(intransitive) To increase the focal length of a zoom lens in order to obtain a magnified image, or a close-up.
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