What does enhance mean?
Definitions for enhance
ɛnˈhæns, -ˈhɑnsen·hance
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Princeton's WordNet
enhance, heighten, raiseverb
increase
"This will enhance your enjoyment"; "heighten the tension"
enhanceverb
make better or more attractive
"This sauce will enhance the flavor of the meat"
Wiktionary
enhanceverb
To lift, raise up.
enhanceverb
To augment or make something greater.
enhanceverb
To improve something by adding features.
Etymology: enhauncen, from enhauncer, from enhaucier, from *, from in + altus.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Enhanceverb
Etymology: hausser, enhausser, French.
Both of them high at once their hands enhanc’d,
And both at once their huge blows down did sway. Fa. Qu.The desire of money is every where the same; its vent varies very little, but as its greater scarcity enhances its price, and increases the scramble. John Locke.
What is it but the experience of want that enhances the value of plenty. Roger L'Estrange.
The remembrance of the difficulties we now undergo, will contribute to enhance our pleasure. Francis Atterbury, Sermons.
To believe or pretend that whatever our hearts incite is the will of God within us, is the principle of villainy that hath acted in the children of disobedience, enhanced and improved with circumstances of greater impudence than the most abominable heathens were guilty of. Henry Hammond.
The relation which those children bore to the priesthood, contributed to enhance their guilt, and increase their punishment. Francis Atterbury, Sermons.
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enhance
To enhance means to intensify, increase, or further improve the quality, value, or extent of something. It involves making improvements or amplifying certain characteristics or features to achieve a more desirable state or outcome.
Webster Dictionary
Enhanceverb
to raise or lift up; to exalt
Enhanceverb
to advance; to augment; to increase; to heighten; to make more costly or attractive; as, to enhance the price of commodities; to enhance beauty or kindness; hence, also, to render more heinous; to aggravate; as, to enhance crime
Enhanceverb
to be raised up; to grow larger; as, a debt enhances rapidly by compound interest
Etymology: [Norm. F. enhauncer, enhaucer, OF. enhaleier, enhaucier; pref. en- (L. in) + haucier to lift, raise up, from an assumed L. altiare, fr. L. altus high; cf. Pr. enansar, enanzar, to advance, exalt, and E. advance. See Altitude, and cf. Hawser.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Enhance
en-hans′, v.t. to heighten: to add to, increase.—n. Enhance′ment, act of enhancing: state of being enhanced: aggravation. [Prob. from O. Fr. enhaucer—L. in, and altus, high.]
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Rank popularity for the word 'enhance' in Verbs Frequency: #555
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The numerical value of enhance in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
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The numerical value of enhance in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of enhance in a Sentence
Physical activity is one of the prime ways that we can prevent falls, exercise programs that improve balance and strengthen muscles are going to enhance our gait so that we can walk better and have better balance.
Vietnam is working the U.S. into an enhanced deterrence strategy, to enhance its relations with China, they have to play the U.S. card.
I think if the stock market declines a little bit, this could enhance M&A deal volumes. It could cause some people to get off the sidelines as their prized asset becomes more attractive from a valuation perspective.
Secret Service Director Joseph Clancy:
There are no structures, vehicle gates, lighting, or other aides to enhance the training simulations at the JJRTC (training center).
When E.T. was re-released, I actually digitized 5 shots where ‘E.T.’ went from being a puppet to a digital puppet and I also replaced the gun when the F.B.I. runs up on the van, now they walkie talkies. So, there’s a really bad version of ‘E.T.’ where I took my cue from ‘Star Wars’ and all of the digital enhancements of ‘A New Hope’ that George put in, and I went ahead, because the marketing at Universal thought we need something to get an audience back, and see the movie so I did a few touch up in the film, social media wasn’t as profound as it is today but what was just beginning, you know, erupted a loud, negative voice about, ‘how could you ruin our favorite childhood film by taking the guns away and putting walkie-talkies in their hands among other things.’ So, I learned a big lesson and that’s the last time I decided to ever mess with the past. What’s done is done, and um, I’ll never go back and do another movie I’ve made and I have control over to enhance or changes.
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- تحسينArabic
- повишавам, увеличавам, подобря̀вамBulgarian
- verbessern, erhöhen, vergrößernGerman
- ενισχύωGreek
- plibonigi, pliigiEsperanto
- aumentar, mejorar, realzarSpanish
- تقویتPersian
- parantaaFinnish
- accroître, augmenter, améliorerFrench
- बढ़ानेHindi
- intensificare, accrescereItalian
- להגבירHebrew
- ವರ್ಧಿಸಿKannada
- whakarākaiMāori
- verbeteren, vergroten, uitbreidenDutch
- polepszać, poprawić, polepszyć, poprawiaćPolish
- aumentarPortuguese
- повыша́ть, усилить, увели́чивать, уси́ливать, увели́чить, уси́лить, улу́чшить, улучша́ть, повы́ситьRussian
- förbättraSwedish
- அதிகரிக்கTamil
- geliştirmek, artırmak, iyileştirmekTurkish
- بڑھانے کےUrdu
- gudükumön, geilükumönVolapük
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