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AUGMENT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Enlarge or increase

Example:

The recent speech of the president augmented tensions in the Near East

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "augment" is one way to...):

increase (make bigger or more)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

augmentation (the act of augmenting)

augmentation (the amount by which something increases)

augmentative (intensifying by augmentation and enhancement)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Grow or intensify

Example:

The pressure augmented

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "augment" is one way to...):

grow (become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

augmentation (the amount by which something increases)

augmentative (intensifying by augmentation and enhancement)

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 Context examples: 

Dobutamine also causes vasodilation by stimulating beta-2 adrenergic receptors in blood vessels, augmented by reflex vasoconstriction resulting in increased cardiac output.

(Dobutamine, NCI Thesaurus)

IL-12 is a proinflammatory cytokine with numerous immunoregulatory functions and may augment host immune responses to tumor cells.

(Immunocytokine NHS-IL12, NCI Thesaurus)

It is expressed in Kupffer cells and in activated macrophages and augments the cytotoxic activity of NK cells and CTLs.

(Interleukin-18, NCI Thesaurus)

Treatment given at the time of an operation to augment the effects of the operation.

(Perioperative Adjuvant Therapy, NCI Thesaurus)

Increased serotonin levels augment the antidepressant action of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and monoamine oxidase inhibitors.

(Pindolol, NCI Thesaurus)

My sufferings were augmented also by the oppressive sense of the injustice and ingratitude of their infliction.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

The NMI protein also interacts with all STATs except STAT2 and augments STAT-mediated transcription in response to cytokines IL2 and IFN-gamma.

(NMYC Interactor, NCI Thesaurus/LocusLink)

Expression of IL-2 augments the specific CTL response against MUC1 expressing cells.

(MVA-MUC1-IL2 Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

SCF augments proliferation of myeloid and lymphoid progenitors.

(Kit ligand, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon administration, monosialotetrahexosylganglioside, also called GM-1, is able to both prevent neurologic damage and induce regeneration of damaged neurons through neurotrophic repair mechanisms, enhancement of the production of neutrophins, and augmenting neurite outgrowth.

(Monosialotetrahexosylganglioside, NCI Thesaurus)