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   augment

   verb

   • 1. make (something) greater by adding to it; increase: "he augmented his summer income by painting houses"

   noun

   • 1. a vowel prefixed to past tenses of verbs in Greek and certain other Indo-European languages.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French augmenter (verb), augment (noun), or late Latin augmentare, from Latin augere ‘to increase’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. augmenter noun

   Scrabble Points: 10

   • A

     1

   • U

     1

   • G

     2

   • M

     3

   • E

     1

   • N

     1

   • T

     1

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2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Developing_countryDeveloping country - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Developing_country

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   3 days ago · A developing country is a sovereign state with a less developed industrial base and a lower Human Development Index (HDI) relative to other countries. However, this definition is not universally agreed upon. There is also no clear agreement on which countries fit this category. The terms low and middle-income country (LMIC) and newly emerging economy (NEE) are often used interchangeably but ...