augmentation
- noun
- /ɔːɡˈmɛnteɪʃən/
- Overall satisfaction with nasolabial fold augmentation was reported by 18 of the 21 patients (85.7%).
- breast augmentation
- lip augmentation
- cosmetic augmentation
Virtue does not admit of augmentation or growth.
- Virtue does not admit of augmentation or growth.
- On the other side was Doug Engelbart's idea of intelligence augmentation or IA.
- Now the the other supplement I want to talk about in terms of testosterone augmentation is Boron.
- And and it's it's based on sort of manual data augmentation.
- I think that there is a lot of potential for major augmentation of wages of income at the low end.
- He was writing papers about, in fact, the ARPANET, the proto Internet was called augmentation of the human intellect.
- And AI took off AIA is intelligence augmentation.
Examples
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The doctor explained that augmentation of the vocal cords could improve her singing ability.
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Review curriculum and school programs to find compatibilities and possible augmentations to offer in the makerspace.
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Is there a particular part of your body that needs augmentation?
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I think that there is a lot of potential for major augmentation of wages of income at the low end.
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Reserve combat units will continue to provide augmentation, resilience and depth to regular units.
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I mean, and I truly believe that we're going to see an augmentation of the performance of the quality of the work of the output of the workers.
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The total amount necessary for unilateral augmentation is typically less than 1 ml.
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Thirty-one subjects had breast augmentation and three subjects had breast reduction surgery.
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For analysis purposes, the breast surgery group included subjects who underwent breast augmentation or breast reduction procedures.
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Conclusions: Late hematomas presented from nine to 38 years after submuscular breast augmentation with a doubling of breast size.
Academic text (2014)
Synonyms
A person, thing, or extra part put into something to improve it
An increase in size, amount, or range
A newer, better version of a product, often software
A change that makes something better, more useful, or more attractive
Something added to make a building, road or object bigger
Making something more interesting, rewarding, or valuable
An increase in amount, level, or strength
Adding vitamins or other nutrients to the diet to replace what is missing
An increase in size or amount
Making something stronger or more intense
An increase in how strong or serious something becomes
Antonyms
How Much
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Augmentation comes from the Latin root aug- meaning 'to increase'. So augmentation is simply an 'increase' or extra amount that makes something bigger.