Synonyms: increase, heighten, raise, amplify, ramp up
Conjugation
| Indicative mood |
|---|
| Present tense | Past tense |
|---|
| (I) augment | (I) augmented |
| (thou) augmentest | (thou) augmentedst |
| (he) augments, augmenteth | (he) augmented |
| (we) augment | (we) augmented |
| (you) augment | (you) augmented |
| (they) augment | (they) augmented |
| Subjunctive mood |
|---|
| Present tense | Past tense |
|---|
| (I) augment | (I) augmented |
| (thou) augment | (thou) augmented |
| (he) augment | (he) augmented |
| (we) augment | (we) augmented |
| (you) augment | (you) augmented |
| (they) augment | (they) augmented |
| Imperative mood |
|---|
| augment |
| Participles |
|---|
| Present participle | Past participle |
|---|
| augmenting | augmented |
Fighter jets from the US and the Netherlands help protect your skies, Patriot batteries from Germany augment your air‐defences, and thousands of troops from all the NATO allies are in Poland to help deter aggression.