augmentation
noun[CorU]
uk/ˌɔːɡ.menˈteɪ.ʃən/us/ˌɑːɡ.menˈteɪ.ʃən/theprocessofincreasingthesize,value, orqualityof something byaddingto it:
Ithinkof makingcomputerssmarterasintelligenceaugmentation.
Cosmeticproceduresincludenosereshaping,breastaugmentation, and face-liftsurgery.
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- People areexpressingconcernabout theunprecedentedaugmentation ofdomesticmilitaryauthority.
- Digitalmanipulationsand augmentations ofphotographsarecommonplace.
- Thesocietyis making augmentations toassetshares.
Enlarging and inflating
- balloon
- bloat
- broaden
- build(someone/something)up
- bulk
- bulksomethingout
- deepen
- explosively
- flare
- fluffsomethingup
- implacably
- inflation
- lengthen
- maximize
- puff
- reinflate
- reinflation
- scalesomethingup
- stretch
- widen