aumentare — meaning in English
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English meaning
- augment verb To make something larger or stronger by adding to it.
- boost noun Something that helps increase or improve a person's effort, confidence, or performance.
- elevate verb To physically raise something to a higher position.
- gain verb To get or come to have something, especially something useful or valuable.
- increase verb To become larger in amount, number, or degree.
- strengthen verb To make something stronger, more solid, or more effective.
Senses
aumentare is used for these senses in English:
- elevate (transitive) To increase the intensity or degree of (something).
- gain (intransitive) To put on weight.
- increase (intransitive) (of a quantity, etc.) To become larger or greater, to greaten.
- increase (transitive) To make (a quantity, etc.) larger.
- strengthen (transitive) To empower; to give moral strength to; to encourage; to enhearten.
- turn up (transitive) To increase the amount of something by means of a control, such as the volume, heat, or light.
boost — full definition
- noun Something that helps increase or improve a person's effort, confidence, or performance.
- verb To help increase or improve something.
- verb To start a vehicle with a dead battery using jumper cables (informal).