English to English
noun
- a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission
They called for artillery support.
source: WordNet 3.0
- information that makes more forcible or convincing
His gestures provided eloquent reinforcement for his complaints.
source: WordNet 3.0
- (psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it
source: WordNet 3.0
- a device designed to provide additional strength
The cardboard backing was just a strengthener.
He used gummed reinforcements to hold the page in his notebook.
source: WordNet 3.0
- an act performed to strengthen approved behavior
source: WordNet 3.0
- See Reënforcement.
source: Webster 1913
