augment

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. fiil To increase; to make larger or supplement.

   “The money from renting out a spare room can augment a salary.”

2. fiil To grow; to increase; to become greater.
3. fiil To slow the tempo or meter, e.g. for a dramatic or stately passage.
4. fiil To increase an interval, especially the largest interval in a triad, by a half step (chromatic semitone).
5. fiil To add an augment to.
6. isim In some languages, a prefix *é- (अ- (a-) in Sanskrit, ἐ- (e-) in Greek) indicating a past tense of a verb.

   “The augment is found in Greek, Indo-Iranian, Armenian and Phrygian.”

7. isim Especially Old Irish, a preverb, usually ro-, used to give a verb a resultative or potential meaning.

   “Fundamentally the augment characterizes a verbal action viewed from a non-contemporary standpoint, either the moment of speaking (or writing) or a further verbal action.”

8. isim In some languages, an additional vowel prepended to the noun prefix.
9. isim An increase.