enhance
To augment or make something greaterTo augment or make something greater.
» If you have a good garden, it will enhance the value of your house.
Wenn du einen schönen Garten hast, erhöht das den Wert deines Hauses.
Meaning
5 sensesTo augment or make something greater.
erhöhen, vergrößern, ergänzen
увели́чиватьuvelíčivatʹ, увели́читьuvelíčitʹ, повыша́тьpovyšátʹ
збільшуватиzbilʹšuvaty
make better or more attractive
To improve something by adding features.
verbessern, meliorisieren
улучша́тьulučšátʹ, улу́чшитьulúčšitʹ
покращуватиpokraščuvaty
(intransitive)To be raised up; to grow larger.
A debt enhances rapidly by compound interest.
To take up contrast agent (for an organ, tissue, or lesion).
(obsolete)To lift, raise up.
Examples
87 sentencesIf you have a good garden, it will enhance the value of your house.
deWenn du einen schönen Garten hast, erhöht das den Wert deines Hauses.
They have enhanced security checks and are prepared for the worst.
Can't you enhance the image?
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Can we enhance the image?
ruМожем ли мы улучшить изображение?
deKönnen wir das Bild vergrößern?
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English enhauncen, anhaunsen, from Anglo-Norman anhauncer (“enhance, raise”),From Middle English enhauncen, anhaunsen, from Anglo-Norman anhauncer (“enhance, raise”), from Vulgar Latin *inaltiāre (“raise”), derived from Latin in + altus (“high”). The /h/ in Old French was taken from haut (“high”), where it resulted from Frankish influence.
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Forms
enhances, enhancing, enhanced, enhancedSynonyms
2 synonymsAntonyms
1 antonymsWord family
10 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle