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1. (v.t.) reinforce
to strengthen with some added piece, support, or material:
to reinforce a wall.
2. reinforce
to make more forcible or effective:
to reinforce efforts.
3. reinforce
to augment; increase.
4. reinforce
to strengthen (a military force) with additional personnel, ships, or aircraft.
5. reinforce
to strengthen the probability of (a desired behavior) by giving or withholding a reward.
Etymology: (1590–1600; re - +inforce, alter. of enforce)
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| Definition of 'reinforce' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) reinforce, reenforce
make stronger
"he reinforced the concrete"
2. (verb) reinforce, reward
strengthen and support with rewards
"Let's reinforce good behavior"
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1. (verb) reinforce
to strengthen a structure by adding sth to it
concrete reinforced with metal rods
2. reinforce
to support or emphasize
He showed pictures of accident victims to reinforce his message.
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| Definition of 'reinforce' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) reinforce
see Reenforce, n
2. (verb) reinforce
see Reenforce, v. t
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Sense: to make stronger
I've reinforced the elbows of this jacket with leather patches; Extra troops will be sent to reinforce the army.
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 Afrikaans: versterk |
 Arabic: يُقَوِّي، يَدْعَم ، يُعَز |
 Bulgarian: подсилвам |
 Brazilian: reforçar |
 Czech: zpevnit; posílit |
 German: verstärken |
 Danish: forstærke |
 Greek: ενισχύω |
 Spanish: reforzar |
 Estonian: tugevdama |
 Farsi: تقویت کردن |
 Finnish: vahvistaa |
 French: renforcer |
 Hebrew: לְחַזֵק |
 Hindi: ज्यादा मजबूत बनना |
 Croatian: pojačati |
 Hungarian: megerősít |
 Indonesian: memperkuat |
 Icelandic: styrkja |
 Italian: rinforzare |
 Japanese: 強化する |
 Korean: 강화하다 |
 Lithuanian: sustiprinti |
 Latvian: nostiprināt; pastiprināt |
 Malay: mengukuhkan |
 Dutch: versterken |
 Norwegian: styrke, forsterke |
 Polish: wzmocnić |
 Persian: تقویت کردن |
 Pashto: تقويه كول، ټينګول، ملاتړ |
 Portuguese: reforçar |
 Romanian: aîntări |
 Russian: укреплять |
 Slovak: spevniť; posilniť |
 Slovenian: okrepiti |
 Serbian: pojačati |
 Swedish: förstärka |
 Thai: ทำให้แข็งแกร่งขึ้น |
 Turkish: güçlendirmek, takviye etm |
 Taiwanese: 加固，加強，增兵 |
 Ukrainian: підсилювати, посилювати |
 Urdu: مضبوط کرنا |
 Vietnamese: tăng cường |
 Chinese: 加固；, ，加强 |
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