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to reinforce
01
to strengthen a substance or structure, particularly by adding extra material to it
Transitive: to reinforce a substance or structure
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
reinforce
3rd person singular
reinforces
Present participle
reinforcing
Past simple
reinforced
Past participle
reinforced
Examples
The builder decided to reinforce the foundation of the house by adding additional support beams.
02
to enhance or make something more effective by providing additional resources, encouragement, or positive feedback
Transitive: to reinforce sth
Examples
The teacher praised good behavior in class to reinforce it.
Lexical Tree
reinforced
reinforcement
reinforcer
reinforce
