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Is augment a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word augment is a Scrabble US word. The word augment is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is augment a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word augment is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

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Yes. The word augment is a Words With Friends word. The word augment is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (2 found)

AUGMENT,MUTAGEN,

6-letter words (4 found)

MAGNET,NUTMEG,UNTAME,UNTEAM,

5-letter words (15 found)

AGENT,AMENT,GAMUT,GAUNT,GENUA,MANET,MANGE,MEANT,MENTA,MUNGA,MUNGE,NUGAE,TEGUA,UNGET,UNMET,

4-letter words (54 found)

AGEN,AGUE,AMEN,ANTE,AUNE,AUNT,EGMA,ETNA,GAEN,GAME,GANE,GANT,GATE,GAUM,GAUN,GEAN,GEAT,GENA,GENT,GENU,GETA,GEUM,GNAT,GUAN,MAGE,MANE,MANG,MATE,MAUN,MAUT,MEAN,MEAT,MEGA,MENG,MENT,MENU,META,MUNG,MUNT,MUTE,NAME,NAMU,NEAT,NEMA,NEUM,TAME,TANE,TANG,TEAM,TEGU,TUAN,TUNA,TUNE,TUNG,

3-letter words (60 found)

AGE,AME,AMU,ANE,ANT,ATE,AUE,EAN,EAT,EAU,EMU,ENG,ETA,GAE,GAM,GAN,GAT,GAU,GEM,GEN,GET,GNU,GUE,GUM,GUN,GUT,MAE,MAG,MAN,MAT,MEG,MEN,MET,MEU,MNA,MUG,MUN,MUT,NAE,NAG,NAM,NAT,NEG,NET,NUG,NUT,TAE,TAG,TAM,TAN,TAU,TEA,TEG,TEN,TUG,TUM,TUN,UME,UTA,UTE,

2-letter words (22 found)

AE,AG,AM,AN,AT,EA,EM,EN,ET,GU,MA,ME,MU,NA,NE,NU,TA,TE,UG,UM,UN,UT,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 158 words from augment according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of augment

augment

Etymology

From Middle English augmenten, from Middle French augmenter, from Old French augmenter, from Late Latin augmentare (“to increase”), from Latin augmentum (“an increase, growth”), from augere (“to increase”).

Pronunciation

  • Verb:
    • (UK) IPA(key): /ɔːɡˈmɛnt/
    • (US) IPA(key): /ɑɡˈmɛnt/
    • Rhymes: -ɛnt
  • Noun:
    • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɔːɡmənt/
    • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɑɡmənt/
  • Hyphenation: aug‧ment

Verb

augment (third-person singular simple present augments, present participle augmenting, simple past and past participle augmented)

  1. (transitive) To increase; to make larger or supplement.
  2. (intransitive, reflexive) To grow; to increase; to become greater.
  3. (music) To slow the tempo or meter, e.g. for a dramatic or stately passage.
  4. (music) To increase an interval, especially the largest interval in a triad, by a half step (chromatic semitone).
  5. (grammar, transitive) To add an augment to.

Translations

References

  • John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “augment”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

Noun

augment (plural augments)

  1. (grammar) A grammatical prefix
    2. (Indo-European languages) In some languages, a prefix *é- (अ- (a-) in Sanskrit, ἐ- (e-) in Greek) indicating a past tense of a verb.
    4. (Celtic languages) Especially Old Irish, a preverb, usually ro-, used to give a verb a resultative or potential meaning.
    6. (Bantu languages) In some languages, an additional vowel prepended to the noun prefix.
  2. An increase.

Derived terms

  • augmentless

Related terms

Translations

See also

  • Appendix:Glossary#augment

Further reading

  • “augment”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “augment”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “augment”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

  • mutagen, negatum

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin augmentum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [əwɡˈmen], [əwˈmen]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [əwɡˈment], [əwˈment]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [awɡˈment], [awˈment]

Noun

augment m (plural augments)

  1. increase, rise, rising
  2. (linguistics) augment
  3. (optics) magnification

Related terms

  • augmentar
  • augmentatiu

Further reading

  • “augment” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin augmentum or another European language.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑu̯xˈmɛnt/
  • Hyphenation: aug‧ment
  • Rhymes: -ɛnt

Noun

augment n (plural augmenten)

  1. (Indo-European grammar) augment (prefix before a past-tense verb)

Related terms

  • augmentatie
  • augmenteren

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin augmentum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oɡ.mɑ̃/

Noun

augment m (plural augments)

  1. (medieval law) part of an estate which a widow could inherit
  2. (grammar) augment

Related terms

  • augmenter

Further reading

  • “augment”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin augmentum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaw.ɡmɛnt/
  • Rhymes: -awɡmɛnt
  • Syllabification: aug‧ment

Noun

augment m inan

  1. (grammar) augment (suffix in some Indo-European languages indicating the past tense)

Declension

Related terms

Further reading

  • augment in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French augment or Latin augmentum.

Noun

augment n (plural augmente)

  1. increase, growth, augmentation

Declension


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