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augmentative

aug·ment·a·tive
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [awg-men-tuh-tiv]
    • /ɔgˈmɛn tə tɪv/
    • /ɔːɡ.ˈmen.tə.tɪv/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [awg-men-tuh-tiv]
    • /ɔgˈmɛn tə tɪv/

Definitions of augmentative word

  • adjective augmentative tending or able to augment 3
  • adjective augmentative denoting an affix that may be added to a word to convey the meaning large or great; for example, the suffix -ote in Spanish, where hombre means man and hombrote big man 3
  • adjective augmentative denoting a word formed by the addition of an augmentative affix 3
  • noun augmentative an augmentative word or affix 3
  • adjective augmentative augmenting or capable of augmenting 3
  • adjective augmentative increasing the force of an idea expressed by a word or denoting increased size, intensity, etc. 3
See all 14 definitions of augmentative

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Origin of augmentative

First appearance:

before 1495
One of the 26% oldest English words
1495-1505; augment + -ative; replacing augmentatif < Middle French

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Parts of speech for Augmentative

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Augmentative

augmentative popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 50% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

augmentative usage trend in Literature

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