augmented
Britishadjective
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music (of an interval) increased or expanded from the state of being perfect or major by the raising of the higher note or the dropping of the lower note by one semitone Compare diminished
C to G is a perfect fifth, but C to G sharp is an augmented fifth
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music
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denoting a chord based upon an augmented triad
an augmented seventh chord
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denoting a triad consisting of the root plus a major third and an augmented fifth
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(postpositive) (esp in jazz) denoting a chord having as its root the note specified
D augmented
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having been increased, esp in number
an augmented orchestra
Explanation
Something augmented has been made stronger or bigger: an augmented pension has been increased. Ever read a Popeye comic? When Popeye eats spinach, he gets augmented strength: he's a lot stronger, with bulging cartoon muscles. Anything that is augmented is stronger or bigger in some way. In sports, players are augmented by illegal performance-enhancing drugs. A car can be augmented by customizations. Computers are augmented by adding fancy new programs to them. When something is augmented, it's better than before.
Vocabulary lists containing augmented
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Example Sentences
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So I suggested to my agent that we publish it using Amazon's White Glove service, where they help out agented authors and give the book some promotion in return for a period of exclusivity.
From The Guardian • Jun. 25, 2013
Not bad advice – but then she is 16 and apparently already agented.
From The Guardian • Jun. 25, 2012
A bookshop in Oxford, Mississippi, has even created a window display featuring books agented by Wylie, marked "these books not for sale".
From The Guardian • Jul. 27, 2010
Last week King Boris of Bulgaria, consistently well press agented* monarch, performed an act of heroism.
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