augment
verb/ɔɡˈmɛnt/
Frequency rank: #10,687 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
to make something greater in size, amount, or degree.
Example sentence
The company decided to augment its workforce by hiring fifty new employees.
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