augmentation

noun

aug·​men·​ta·​tion ˌȯg-mən-ˈtā-shən How to pronounce augmentation (audio)
-ˌmen-
Synonyms of augmentationnext
1
a
: the act or process of augmenting something
b
: the state of being augmented
2
: something that augments : addition

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augmentations to the benefits package over the years have resulted in a total of 12 paid holidays for employees
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In 2009, Montag famously underwent 10 plastic surgery procedures in one day, including breast augmentation, a nose job revision and chin reduction. — Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 29 Aug. 2026 Jenner told a brave fan when asked about the details of her augmentation surgery. — Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 27 Aug. 2026 As on the age-old original, the first half of the six-minute track was sweeping in its use of orchestral augmentation, and then the second half put aside both strings and vocals to turn into a pure band jam. — Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Aug. 2026 But for that augmentation to work at scale, the surrounding infrastructure must be interoperable across Order Management Systems (OMSs), dealer systems, data sources and execution venues. — Brian Bejile, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for augmentation

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First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

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augmentation

noun
aug·​men·​ta·​tion ˌȯg-mən-ˈtā-shən, -ˌmen- How to pronounce augmentation (audio)
1
: the act, action, or process of augmenting
2
: something that augments
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