Expressions used in Everyday Spoken English in Social and Professional contexts
augment
augmentaugmentation
Meaning(s)
1) add to something to make it larger or greater in amount
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augment the services/product/technology
Analysis
‘To augment’ means ‘to add to’ or ‘to contribute something’ more in order to improve something or make it larger. You might ‘augment your income’ with a second job or ‘augment your appearance’ with cosmetic surgery, for example. This is a verb used more in formal situations.
Professional Examples (Advance)
The company hired experts tohelp augment their products. They really needed to increase their market share.
Many businesses aiming to expand should consider augmenting their services.
The new product was really just the result ofthe augmentation of last year's one.
Augmented Realityis definitely the next big thing. You should check it out!