augmentation
augmentation is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 5 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.The state of being augmented; enlargement.
- 2.The thing added by way of enlargement.
- 3.(Her.) A additional charge to a coat of arms, given as a mark of honor. Cussans.
- 4.(Med.) The stage of a disease in which the symptoms go on increasing. Dunglison.
- 5.(Mus.) In counterpoint and fugue, a repetition of the subject in tones of twice the original length. Augmentation court (Eng. Hist.), a court erected by Stat. 27 Hen. VIII., to augment to revenues of the crown by the suppression of monasteries. It was long ago dissolved. Encyc. Brit.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- accession
- accretion
- add
- additional
- advance
- aggrandize
- aggrandizement
- aggravate
- aggravation
- ahead
- ascend
- ascent
- augment
- crescendo
- deepen
- development
- dilatation
- dilate
- disperse
- dispersion
- enhance
- enlarge
- enlargement
- exacerbate
- exacerbation
- exaggerate
- exaggeration
- exalt
- exasperate
- expand
- expansion
- extension
- flame
- flood
- fuel
- gain
- get
- grow
- growth
- heighten
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is augmentation.
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
- Canonical URL: https://worddirectanswers.com/word/augmentation
- Steward: Jason Burns