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English noun: reinforcement | |||
| 1. | reinforcement (act) a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission | ||
| Samples | They called for artillery support. | ||
| Synonyms | reenforcement, support | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | military operation, operation | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | close support | ||
| Domain category | armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | ||
| 2. | reinforcement (communication) information that makes more forcible or convincing | ||
| Samples | His gestures provided eloquent reinforcement for his complaints. | ||
| Synonyms | reenforcement | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | confirmation | ||
| 3. | reinforcement (cognition) (psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it | ||
| Synonyms | reinforcer, reinforcing stimulus | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | input, stimulant, stimulation, stimulus | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | negative reinforcer, negative reinforcing stimulus, positive reinforcer, positive reinforcing stimulus | ||
| Domain category | psychological science, psychology | ||
| 4. | reinforcement (artifact) a device designed to provide additional strength | ||
| Samples | The cardboard backing was just a strengthener. He used gummed reinforcements to hold the page in his notebook. | ||
| Synonyms | strengthener | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | device | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | backing, brace, brace, bracing, mount, safety arch | ||
| 5. | reinforcement (act) an act performed to strengthen approved behavior | ||
| Synonyms | reward | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | approval, approving, blessing | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | carrot | ||
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