Augment
To make something greater by adding to it; to increase or enhance.
verbAugment
To make something greater by adding to it; to increase or enhance.
verbImagine This
Imagine a chef gradually adding more ingredients to a pot of soup. With each new spice and scoop, the pot grows higher and the flavor becomes more intense.
Sounds Like
awg-MENT
Looks Like
The root 'aug-' meaning 'to increase' appears in related words like augmentation and august; visually, the word starts with 'aug-' signaling growth.
Remember This
The Latin root augΔre means 'to increase'; many growth-related English words share this root (augment, augmentation, August originally from a Latin title meaning 'venerable' but related in the sense of growth in status).
Other Forms
Connect With
increase, amplify, enhance, enlarge, supplement
Note
Augment is transitive: you augment something (e.g., the budget, the team, the capacity). Do not use it intransitively (no 'to augment' alone). Be mindful of contexts where 'increase' or 'enhance' might be more idiomatic depending on the object.