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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries增加
Native Script:中文汉字
Pronunciation / Transliteration: zēngjiā
"我们需要增加产量。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
To make something greater by adding to it; increase.
"He chose to augment his regular income by taking on evening freelance work."
- 1
A prefix added to a verb to indicate past tense, as in Greek and Sanskrit grammar.
"The linguistic analysis examined the historical role of the augment in ancient verb forms."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the late Middle English word augmenten, originating from the Latin augmentare, meaning 'to increase', which stems from augere ('to increase, make grow'). The root traces back to the Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg-, meaning 'to increase'.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Augment" is said worldwide
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augmenter
Transliteration: /oɡ.mɑ̃.te/
"Il cherche à augmenter ses revenus."
vergrößern
Transliteration: /fɛɐ̯ˈɡʁøːsɐn/
"Sie wollen ihre Produktion vergrößern."
aumentare
Transliteration: /au.menˈta.re/
"Devono aumentare il loro rendimento."
aumentar
Transliteration: /aw.menˈtaɾ/
"El objetivo es aumentar las ventas."
aumentar
Transliteration: /aw.mẽˈtaɾ/
"Ele quer aumentar o seu conhecimento."
बढ़ाना
Transliteration: baṛhānā
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"उन्हें अपनी आय बढ़ाने की जरूरत है।"
增加
Transliteration: zēngjiā
Script: 中文汉字
"我们需要增加产量。"
증대하다
Transliteration: jeungdaehada
Script: 한국어 한글
"회사는 수익을 증대하기로 했다."
増大する
Transliteration: zōdai suru
Script: 日本語
"彼は収入を増大させるために働いている。"
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