reinforce
31reinforce — re|in|force W3 [ˌri:ınˈfo:s US ˈfo:rs] v [T] [Date: 1400 1500; Origin: inforce (14 17 centuries), from enforce] 1.) to give support to an opinion, idea, or feeling, and make it stronger ▪ The film reinforces the idea that women should be pretty… …
32reinforce — re·in·force || ‚rɪËɪn fÉ”rs / fÉ”Ës v. strengthen, fortify, support; increase; provide a reward or punishment in order to encourage or discourage a particular response (Psychology) …
33reinforce — verb strengthen or support; give added strength to. ↘strengthen (a military force) with additional personnel or material. Derivatives reinforcement noun reinforcer noun Origin ME: from Fr. renforcer, influenced by inforce, an obs. spelling of… …
34reinforce — v. a. See re enforce …
35reinforce — verb (T) 1 to give support to an opinion, idea, or feeling, and make it stronger: Conclusions from the report have been reinforced by more recent studies. 2 to make part of a building, structure, piece of clothing etc stronger: The sea wall is… …
36reinforce — v 1. strengthen, fortify, bolster, Inf. beef up; support, brace, brace up, prop, prop up, hold up, uphold, upbear, buttress; stay, mainstay, under gird; harden, toughen, stiffen, steel. 2. augment, supplement, add to; increase, aggrandize,… …
37reinforce — re·inforce …
38reinforce — To increase the strength of plastics by filling them with whiskers of glass, metal, fibres, etc. See glass reinforced filler paste glass reinforced plastic hinge pillar reinforcement …
39reinforce — v.tr. strengthen or support, esp. with additional personnel or material or by an increase of numbers or quantity or size etc. Phrases and idioms: reinforced concrete concrete with metal bars or wire etc. embedded to increase its tensile strength …
40Reinforcement — Reinforce redirects here. For the Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha character, see Reinforce (Nanoha). This article is about the term used in operant conditioning. For the construction materials reinforcement, see Rebar. For reinforcement learning in… …