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How to pronounce augmentation in English?

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Type Words
Type of increase, step-up
Derivation augment
Type Words
Type of increase
Derivation augment
Type Words
Type of statement

Examples of augmentation

augmentation
He once had a patient, a young mother in her 20s, who got a breast augmentation.
From the forbes.com
Breast augmentation is the most frequently performed plastic surgery nationwide.
From the kansas.com
If you are interested in an augmentation I have a really solid tip to offer you.
From the iftomm2003.com
Because of their close proximity to the heart, they do not require augmentation.
From the en.wikipedia.org
For a permanent hire or staff augmentation, MRG is the resource for the solution.
From the jobview.monster.com
The number of breast-augmentation surgeries increased 306% between 1992 and 1998.
From the economist.com
In Japan their strength was increased by augmentation from South Korean soldiers.
From the en.wikipedia.org
I may be a newbie, although I'm constantly reading regarding that augmentation.
From the iftomm2003.com
Since then, she has had breast augmentation and now wears very revealing tops.
From the fresnobee.com
More examples
  • The amount by which something increases
  • The statement of a theme in notes of greater duration (usually twice the length of the original)
  • The act of augmenting
  • (augmentative) increasing or having the power to increase especially in size or amount or degree; "`up' is an augmentative word in `hurry up'"
  • (augmentative) intensifying by augmentation and enhancement
  • In heraldry, an augmentation is a modification or addition to a coat of arms, typically given by a monarch as either a mere mark of favour, or a reward or recognition for some meritorious act. ...
  • In music and music theory augmentation (from Late Latin augmentare, to increase) is the lengthening or widening of rhythms, melodies, intervals or chords. The opposite is diminution (as in "a diminished triad").
  • Childbirth (also called labour, birth, partus or parturition) is the culmination of a human pregnancy or gestation period with the birth of one or more newborn infants from a woman's uterus. ...
  • Augmentation is the combination of two or more drugs to achieve better treatment results.