Meaning & use

Augmenting

verb·Academic

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Making something greater in size, extent, or amount; adding to or increasing.

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The company is augmenting its workforce ahead of the holiday season.

Regular strength training helped in augmenting his overall endurance.

A note on using this word

The word is the root of "augmented reality," a modern tech term describing digital elements added to, or augmenting, a view of the real world.

Words with a similar meaning

increasingenlargingboosting

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Words with an opposite meaning

reducingdiminishing

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