Augmentation synonyms

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buildup
The act or process of amassing or increasing:
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raise
(US) An increase in wages or salary; a rise (UK).
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rise
(UK, Ireland, Australia) An increase in someone's pay rate; a raise.
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development
(Uncountable, biology) The process by which a mature multicellular organism or part of an organism is produced by the addition of new cells.
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growth
Development from a lower or simpler to a higher or more complex form; evolution.
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enlargement
An enlarging or being enlarged
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increment
A measurable or metaphorical increase in quantity or quality.
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accretion
Growth or increase in size by gradual external addition, fusion, or inclusion.
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gain
An increase in wealth, earnings, etc.; profit; winnings
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increase (related)
The amount or rate by which something is increased:
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addition (related)
Any of certain analogous operations involving mathematical objects other than numbers.
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diminishment (antonym)
The act of diminishing; reducing in size, quantity, or quality.
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lessening (antonym)
A growing lesser; reduction or decrease.
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decrease (antonym)
Amount of decreasing
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degradation (antonym)
A decline to a lower condition, quality, or level.
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diminution (related)
(Music) Variation of a theme by shortening, usually halving, the time value of the notes
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aggrandizement
The act of aggrandizing, or the state of being aggrandized or exalted in power, rank, honor, or wealth; exaltation; enlargement.
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amplification
(Physics) The process of increasing the magnitude of a variable quantity, especially the magnitude of voltage, power, or current, without altering any other quality.
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augment
(Linguistics) The prefixation of a vowel accompanying a past tense, especially of Greek and Sanskrit verbs.
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boost
A linear map from one reference frame to another in which each coordinate is increased or decreased by an independent constant or linear function. A boost corresponds to a shift of the entire coordinate system without any rotation of its axes.
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escalation
The act of increasing or rising
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hike
The definition of a hike is a long outdoor walk, or an upward movement.
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jump
(Athletics) A contest in jumping
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multiplication
(Mathematics) The operation that, for positive integers, consists of adding a number (the multiplicand) to itself a certain number of times. The operation is extended to other numbers according to the multiplicative properties of positive integers and other algebraic properties.
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proliferation
(Countable) The result of building up; buildup, accretion.
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swell
An increase in size, amount, extent, degree, etc.
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upsurge
A surge upward
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upswing
An upward swing or trend.
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upturn
An upward turn, curve, or trend
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accession
(Law) The addition to or increase in value of property by means of improvements or natural growth.
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acquisition
The thing acquired or gained; a gain.
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vitrectomy (related)
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angiography (related)
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implantation (related)
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Augmentation Sentence Examples

  • The augmentation of labor did not appear in the analysis.

  • In 1815 he represented him at the congress of Vienna, and succeeded in obtaining for the Netherlands a considerable augmentation of territory.

  • One of the current challenges is the application of ribozyme therapy for dominant mutations coupled with wild-type gene augmentation to overcome haploinsufficiency.

  • A neutral government is bound - (i) to use due diligence to prevent the fitting out, arming or equipping within its jurisdiction of any vessel, which it has reasonable ground to believe is intended to cruise or to carry on war against a power with which it is at peace, and also to use like diligence to prevent the departure from its jurisdiction of any vessel intended to cruise or carry on war as above, such vessel having been specially adapted, in whole or in part, within such jurisdiction, to warlike use; (2) not to permit or suffer either belligerent to make use of its ports or waters as the base of naval operations against the other, or for the purpose of the renewal or augmentation of military supplies or arms or the recruitment of men; (3) to exercise due diligence in its own ports and waters, and as to all persons within its jurisdiction to prevent any violation of the foregoing obligation and duties.

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