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REENFORCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reenforce mean? 

REENFORCE (verb)
  The verb REENFORCE has 1 sense:

1. make strongerplay

  Familiarity information: REENFORCE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


REENFORCE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they reenforce  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it reenforces  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: reenforced  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: reenforced  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: reenforcing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Make stronger

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

reenforce; reinforce

Context example:

he reinforced the concrete

Hypernyms (to "reenforce" is one way to...):

beef up; fortify; strengthen (make strong or stronger)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "reenforce"):

buttress (reinforce with a buttress)

line (reinforce with fabric)

bolster; bolster up (support and strengthen)

mine (lay mines)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

reenforcement (a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission)


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