augmentative meaning

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augmentative (adjective): increasing or having the power to increase especially in size or amount or degree.

augmentative has 2 meanings in this dictionary.

augmentative as an adjective

  1. increasing or having the power to increase especially in size or amount or degree
    • `up' is an augmentative word in `hurry up'

    Similar: increasing

  2. intensifying by augmentation and enhancement

    Synonyms: enhancive

    Similar: intensifying

    Related forms: augment

Scrabble score: 18 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with AU · words ending in VE · 12-letter words

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