Memory connection
Picture “add mint”
Imagine adding mint, vegetables, and spices to a small pot until the simple soup becomes a much fuller meal.
The sound cue helps you reach the scene; the action in the scene carries you from the scene to the definition.
Use it accurately
Meaning in context
The museum augmented the exhibition with recorded interviews and archival photographs.
Seasonal workers augment the permanent staff during the busiest months.
Augment emphasizes increasing an existing supply, capability, or effect by adding something. It is usually transitive: one thing augments another.
Common patterns
- augment income
- augment capacity
- augment the existing team
Quick check
Can you retrieve the meaning?
If a grant augments a research budget, what happens?
Choose an answer, then explain it in your own words.