Preclude vs Augment - What's the difference?
preclude | augment |
Remove the possibility of; (l); prevent or exclude; to make (l).
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To increase; to make larger or supplement.
(reflexive) To grow; to increase; to become greater.
(music) To slow the tempo or meter, e.g. for a dramatic or stately passage.
(music) To increase an interval, especially the largest interval in a triad, by a half step (chromatic semitone).
(grammar) To add an augment to.
(grammar) In some Indo-European languages, a prefix e-'' (''a- in Sanskrit) indicating a past tense of a verb.
In lang=en terms the difference between preclude and augment
is that preclude is remove the possibility of; (l); prevent or exclude; to make (l) while augment is to increase; to make larger or supplement.As verbs the difference between preclude and augment
is that preclude is remove the possibility of; (l); prevent or exclude; to make (l) while augment is to increase; to make larger or supplement.As a noun augment is
(grammar) in some indo-european languages, a prefix e-'' (''a- in sanskrit) indicating a past tense of a verb.preclude
English
Alternative forms
* (obsolete)Verb
(preclud)- It has been raining for days, but that doesn’t preclude the possibility that the skies will clear by this afternoon!
- Israel's decision to ban fluoridation follows a vote to preclude the practice in Portland, Ore., and Wichita, Kan. It was also recently overturned in Hamilton, the fourth most populous city in New Zealand.
Derived terms
* precludable * preclusion * preclusive * preclusivelyaugment
English
Verb
(en verb)- The money from renting out a spare room can augment a salary.
