augmentation - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'augmentation' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Augmentation

[ n.]

- The act or process of augmenting, or making larger, by addition, expansion, or dilation; increase.
- The state of being augmented; enlargement.
- The thing added by way of enlargement.
- A additional charge to a coat of arms, given as a mark of honor.
- The stage of a disease in which the symptoms go on increasing.
- In counterpoint and fugue, a repetition of the subject in tones of twice the original length.

Meaning of 'augmentation' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . augmentation

[ n]

Meaning (1):
- the amount by which something increases

Example in sentence:

they proposed an increase of 15 percent in the fare

Nearby Words:

augean auger auget aught augite augitic augment augmentable augmentative augmented

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Civil augmentation program
Civil augmentation program— standing, long-term external support contacts designed to augment Service logistic capabilities with contracted support in both preplanned ...
Augmentation forces
Augmentation forces— forces to be transferred from a supporting combatant commander to the combatant command (command authority) or operational control ...

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