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augment

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So it's not so much that we want to replace our current black box technology so much as we want to augment it.

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Quick take

enlarge or increase; "The recent speech of the president augmented tensions in the Near East"

Meaning at a glance

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verb

enlarge or increase; "The recent speech of the president augmented tensions in the Near East"

verb

grow or intensify; "The pressure augmented"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for augment.

verb

enlarge or increase; "The recent speech of the president augmented tensions in the Near East"

verb

grow or intensify; "The pressure augmented"

Example sentences

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So it's not so much that we want to replace our current black box technology so much as we want to augment it.

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Use Google to augment their LinkedIn profile to help identify a common thread.

3

This deck was clearly intended to augment a presentation -- where is that archived?

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Sal and KA augment my capability and help me become an effective tutor to my child.

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I hope to find a way to augment our existing documentation with this very thorough roundup.

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Since porn images on b usually had somewhat predictable replies, it would be a good way to augment another technique and prevent false positives.

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Therefore, the most effective thing we can do is to figure out how to augment and amplify that intellect, to help us think the unthinkable as naturally, and intuitively as possible.

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I'm sure he has lots of customers but "a huge number" that have "augmented" their humanity because of his clipboards....and i hate to be an ass, but ... under whose criteria does rethinkdb qualify for this, anyway?

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Use Coursera and other available resources to augment your university education.

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Really - things aren't worth doing unless they clear this impossibly ambitious bar?should i tell the owner of the corner cafe i stop into after work every other day, and that gives me a huge amount of joy nearly every time, that she should give it up because her business doesn't "augment the human condition for a huge number of people"?

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How do you use augment in a sentence?

So it's not so much that we want to replace our current black box technology so much as we want to augment it.

What does augment mean?

enlarge or increase; "The recent speech of the president augmented tensions in the Near East"

What part of speech is augment?

augment is commonly used as verb.