Augment
verb
To make something bigger or better by adding to it.
She took on extra jobs to augment her income.
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- augment the income
- augment the data
verb
To increase in number or amount.
They are seeking a way to augment company profits.
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- augment profits
- augment company revenue
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Technical
verb
To enhance something's quality by adding something.
AR technology is used to augment reality in video games.
Often appears as...
- augment reality
- augment experience
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Technical
verb
In music, to lengthen the duration or increase the time value of a note.
In this composition, the composer chose to augment the main motif.
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- augment the note
- augment the motif
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Academic
verb
To make something bigger or better by adding to it.
She took on extra jobs to augment her income.
Often appears as...
- augment the income
- augment the data
verb
To increase in number or amount.
They are seeking a way to augment company profits.
Often appears as...
- augment profits
- augment company revenue
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To enhance something's quality by adding something.
AR technology is used to augment reality in video games.
Often appears as...
- augment reality
- augment experience
Usage tips
Technical
verb
In music, to lengthen the duration or increase the time value of a note.
In this composition, the composer chose to augment the main motif.
Often appears as...
- augment the note
- augment the motif
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Additive Nature
Think of 'augment' as adding extra pieces to build a bigger picture.
He augmented his essay with more relevant details.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Improvement
'Augment' usually implies a beneficial addition or improvement to something.
To augment the flavor, she added spices.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Replace
'Augment' means to add on, not to substitute or replace parts.
They augmented the choir with new singers, not replacing anyone.
Pro Tip 1/3Additive Nature
Think of 'augment' as adding extra pieces to build a bigger picture.
He augmented his essay with more relevant details.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Improvement
'Augment' usually implies a beneficial addition or improvement to something.
To augment the flavor, she added spices.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Replace
'Augment' means to add on, not to substitute or replace parts.
They augmented the choir with new singers, not replacing anyone.
Pro Tip 1/3Additive Nature
Think of 'augment' as adding extra pieces to build a bigger picture.
He augmented his essay with more relevant details.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Improvement
'Augment' usually implies a beneficial addition or improvement to something.
To augment the flavor, she added spices.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Replace
'Augment' means to add on, not to substitute or replace parts.
They augmented the choir with new singers, not replacing anyone.
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Todd Humphreys: How to...
with geolocation so accurate that you could pinpoint the wrinkles in the palm of your hand. But you and I and other innovators, we can see the potential in this next leap in accuracy. Imagine, for example, an augmented reality app that overlays a virtual world to millimeter-level precision
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Looking for a job?...
The advances in robotics and machine learning and transforming the way we work, automating routine tasks in many occupations while augmenting and amplifying human labor in others. At this rate, we should all be expecting to do jobs we've never done before for the rest of our careers.
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The thrilling potential...
I think that's why this is called a head-mounted projector, isn't it? I took it very literally, and took my bike helmet, put a little cut over there so that the projector actually fits nicely. So now, what I can do -- I can augment the world around me with this digital information.
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Is the world getting...
The scope of language has been augmented by the written, printed and electronic word. Our circle of sympathy has been expanded by history, journalism and the narrative arts. And our puny rational faculties have been multiplied by the norms and institutions of reason,
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How to fool a GPS - Todd...
wrinkles in the palm of your hand but you and I and other innovators we can see the potential in this next leap in accuracy imagine for example an augmented reality app that overlays a virtual world 2 millimeter level precision on top of the physical world I
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Disability does not...
augmented it with physical therapy occupational therapy all kinds of treatments that if you're fully sighted you take for granted but he had to learn individually and then of course we got him glasses because yeah it helps that
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The incredible...
And now today, we're on the cusp of our next great era as a species. Welcome to the Augmented Age. In this new era, your natural human capabilities are going to be augmented by computational systems that help you think,
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How we'll become cyborgs...
with the built design world, humanity will end disability in this 21st century and establish the scientific and technological basis for human augmentation, extending human capability beyond innate, physiological levels,
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What is Technological...
biological and on biological parts that's why I don't think that we have anything to be afraid of it's just billions of baby steps that increasingly extend an augment or creative capacity
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Design at the...
So like the periodic table, we came up with our own table of the new lifeforms that were computationally grown, additively manufactured and biologically augmented.
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Todd Humphreys: How to...
with geolocation so accurate that you could pinpoint the wrinkles in the palm of your hand. But you and I and other innovators, we can see the potential in this next leap in accuracy. Imagine, for example, an augmented reality app that overlays a virtual world to millimeter-level precision
Video examples
Looking for a job?...
The advances in robotics and machine learning and transforming the way we work, automating routine tasks in many occupations while augmenting and amplifying human labor in others. At this rate, we should all be expecting to do jobs we've never done before for the rest of our careers.
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The thrilling potential...
I think that's why this is called a head-mounted projector, isn't it? I took it very literally, and took my bike helmet, put a little cut over there so that the projector actually fits nicely. So now, what I can do -- I can augment the world around me with this digital information.
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Is the world getting...
The scope of language has been augmented by the written, printed and electronic word. Our circle of sympathy has been expanded by history, journalism and the narrative arts. And our puny rational faculties have been multiplied by the norms and institutions of reason,
Video examples
How to fool a GPS - Todd...
wrinkles in the palm of your hand but you and I and other innovators we can see the potential in this next leap in accuracy imagine for example an augmented reality app that overlays a virtual world 2 millimeter level precision on top of the physical world I
Video examples
Disability does not...
augmented it with physical therapy occupational therapy all kinds of treatments that if you're fully sighted you take for granted but he had to learn individually and then of course we got him glasses because yeah it helps that
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The incredible...
And now today, we're on the cusp of our next great era as a species. Welcome to the Augmented Age. In this new era, your natural human capabilities are going to be augmented by computational systems that help you think,
Video examples
How we'll become cyborgs...
with the built design world, humanity will end disability in this 21st century and establish the scientific and technological basis for human augmentation, extending human capability beyond innate, physiological levels,
Video examples
What is Technological...
biological and on biological parts that's why I don't think that we have anything to be afraid of it's just billions of baby steps that increasingly extend an augment or creative capacity
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Design at the...
So like the periodic table, we came up with our own table of the new lifeforms that were computationally grown, additively manufactured and biologically augmented.
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Noel Wells
American Actress
Men think of women as people who just augment their experience. Women's value isn't a given. But getting to know some incredible women, and even learning to value myself, it's a shame that we aren't celebrated, loved, and cherished as a default. A lot of stupid dudes are really missing out on a much more interesting experience of life.
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Tim Sweeney
American Businessman
Augmented reality will change the world more than a lot of other technologies. Traveling around to meet people will be much less important when you can stand in a room and chat with a virtual representation of a person that's so close to reality - it'll be a whole new level.
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Edgard Varese
American Composer
I have just begun a work in which an important part is given to a large chorus and with it I want to use several of your instruments - augmenting their range as in those I used for my Equatorial - especially in the high range.
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Benjamin Franklin
American Politician
There are two ways of being happy: We must either diminish our wants or augment our means - either may do - the result is the same and it is for each man to decide for himself and to do that which happens to be easier.
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John Hughes
American Director
To have a song work for the movie, it can't just be written apart and shoved in. It's got to come out of the action. It's got to talk about the characters, not the story: it has to augment that action.
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Om Malik
Indian Writer
Augmented reality is the 'boy who cried wolf' of the post-Internet world - it's long been promised but has rarely been delivered in a satisfying way.
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John Muir
American Environmentalist
The practical importance of the preservation of our forests is augmented by their relations to climate, soil and streams.
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Vaclav Smil
Czechoslovakian Scientist
Collaboration and augmentation are the foundational principles of innovation.
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John Gruber
American Writer
The cloud' is effectively an augmentation of our brains' memories.
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Michio Kaku
American Physicist
Virtual reality and augmented reality will change the way we shop.
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Noel Wells
American Actress
Men think of women as people who just augment their experience. Women's value isn't a given. But getting to know some incredible women, and even learning to value myself, it's a shame that we aren't celebrated, loved, and cherished as a default. A lot of stupid dudes are really missing out on a much more interesting experience of life.
Quote examples
Tim Sweeney
American Businessman
Augmented reality will change the world more than a lot of other technologies. Traveling around to meet people will be much less important when you can stand in a room and chat with a virtual representation of a person that's so close to reality - it'll be a whole new level.
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Edgard Varese
American Composer
I have just begun a work in which an important part is given to a large chorus and with it I want to use several of your instruments - augmenting their range as in those I used for my Equatorial - especially in the high range.
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Benjamin Franklin
American Politician
There are two ways of being happy: We must either diminish our wants or augment our means - either may do - the result is the same and it is for each man to decide for himself and to do that which happens to be easier.
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John Hughes
American Director
To have a song work for the movie, it can't just be written apart and shoved in. It's got to come out of the action. It's got to talk about the characters, not the story: it has to augment that action.
Quote examples
Om Malik
Indian Writer
Augmented reality is the 'boy who cried wolf' of the post-Internet world - it's long been promised but has rarely been delivered in a satisfying way.
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John Muir
American Environmentalist
The practical importance of the preservation of our forests is augmented by their relations to climate, soil and streams.
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Vaclav Smil
Czechoslovakian Scientist
Collaboration and augmentation are the foundational principles of innovation.
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John Gruber
American Writer
The cloud' is effectively an augmentation of our brains' memories.
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Michio Kaku
American Physicist
Virtual reality and augmented reality will change the way we shop.
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