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AUGMENTATIVE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does augmentative mean?
• AUGMENTATIVE (adjective)
The adjective AUGMENTATIVE has 2 senses:
1. increasing or having the power to increase especially in size or amount or degree
2. intensifying by augmentation and enhancement
Familiarity information: AUGMENTATIVE used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Increasing or having the power to increase especially in size or amount or degree
Context example:
'up' is an augmentative word in 'hurry up'
Similar:
increasing (becoming greater or larger)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Intensifying by augmentation and enhancement
Synonyms:
augmentative; enhancive
Similar:
intensifying (increasing in strength or intensity)
Derivation:
augment (enlarge or increase)
augment (grow or intensify)
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