What does reinforce mean?
Definitions for reinforce
ˌri ɪnˈfɔrs, -ˈfoʊrsre·in·force
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Princeton's WordNet
reinforce, reenforceverb
make stronger
"he reinforced the concrete"
reinforce, rewardverb
strengthen and support with rewards
"Let's reinforce good behavior"
Wiktionary
reinforceverb
To strengthen, especially by addition or augmentation.
He reinforced the handle with a metal rod and a bit of tape.
reinforceverb
To emphasize or review.
The right homework will reinforce and complement the lesson!
reinforceverb
To encourage a behavior or idea through repeated stimulus.
Advertising for fast food can reinforce unhealthy dietary tendencies.
ChatGPT
reinforce
To reinforce is to strengthen or support something, either physically or conceptively. It can involve providing extra materials or resources to fortify a structure, or it can mean emphasizing or reiterating a concept, belief, or idea to make it stronger or more deeply understood. In psychology, reinforcement also refers to a process that encourages a specific behavior by offering a reward or removing a punishment.
Webster Dictionary
Reinforceverb
see Reenforce, v. t
Reinforcenoun
see Reenforce, n
Wikidata
Reinforce
Reinforce is a key character in Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's, who reveals herself near the end. She does not appear in either Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha or the alternate universe shown in the Triangle Heart series. She is voiced by Sanae Kobayashi. The former Book of Darkness and creator of the Wolkenritter, Reinforce was reformed by Hayate Yagami and became her partner. Reinforce is a Lost Logia and an intelligent creation of Belkan mages whose names have been lost to time. In Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS, she is reformatted into the much smaller Reinforce II.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Reinforce
rē-in-fōrs′, v.t. to enforce again: to strengthen with new force or support: (Spens.) to compel.—ns. Reinforce′ment, the act of reinforcing: additional force or assistance, esp. of troops; Reinfor′cer, any additional strengthening added to a thing.—adj. Reinfor′cible.
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
reinforce
In artillery, that increase, beyond its general conical outline, of the metal towards the breech, which was marked on old pattern guns by rings. They are generally in cast guns omitted now, though the principle of the reinforce remains, yet less defined in nature and number, in the recent wrought and built-up guns.
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
reinforce
In gunnery, is the thickest part of the body of the gun, in front of the base-ring or base-line; if there be more than one reinforce, that which is next the base-ring or base-line is called the first reinforce; the other the second reinforce. See Ordnance, Construction of, Molding.
reinforce
To strengthen with new force, assistance, or support; especially, to strengthen, as an army or a fort, with additional troops, or a navy with additional ships.
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Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'reinforce' in Verbs Frequency: #589
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of reinforce in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of reinforce in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of reinforce in a Sentence
If it had operational or strategic impact and we could reinforce success, that would be the basic framework within which I'd make a recommendation for additional forces to be co-located with Iraqi units.
The Iraqis have a responsibility to the United States and all countries who have embassies in that country to defend, provide the outer security for the embassy and we expect United States to do that. That was communicated to United States by our senior leaders, by Secretary Pompeo and United States've committed to doing that. I think United States performance has greatly improved in the last 24 hours, i've made the point over and over again that they need to do more internally within The Iraqis to address these Iran sponsored militia groups and stop their attacks on United States and coalition forces and they need to investigate the attacks and help us to account the preparators, we haven't seen sufficient action on their part and they certainly need to help reinforce and defend the embassy but they need to get left of the problem and stop these attacks from happening and they get the Iranian influence out of their country.
The findings suggest an explanation of how, mechanistically, sugar may positively reinforce its habitual consumption in people experiencing chronic stress.
The Prince of Wales is grateful to independent auditors for reviewing procedures at the Prince's Foundation, who are today announcing a series of findings, it is important to His Royal Highness that the charities which bear his name operate to the highest standards, in accordance with rules established by charity regulators. We are taking this opportunity to reinforce guidance to these charities, particularly in respect of their relationships with supporters.
That would be seen as encouraging given everything that is going on in the rest of the world and would reinforce the notion that consumer spending will remain a key pillar of support for the U.S. economy.
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- قوىArabic
- verstärkenGerman
- ενισχύωGreek
- reforzarSpanish
- vahvistaaFinnish
- renforcerFrench
- treisigh, neartaighIrish
- rinforzareItalian
- 補強Japanese
- გამყარებაGeorgian
- 보강하다Korean
- corrōborōLatin
- benadrukken, vergroten, verhogen, versterkenDutch
- reforçarPortuguese
- подкрепить, усиливать, укрепить, подкреплять, усилить, укреплятьRussian
- förstärka, armeraSwedish
- வலுப்படுத்தும்Tamil
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