Meaning

5 senses
  1. (uncountable)The act, process, or state of reinforcing or being reinforced.

    Verstärkung

    укрепле́ниеukreplénije, усиле́ниеusilénije

  2. (countable)A thing that reinforces.

    There's a website that can be a good learning reinforcement.

    Verstärkung

  3. (countable, in the plural, uncountable)Additional troops or materiel sent to support a military action.

    Send in the reinforcements!

    Verstärkung

    подкрепле́ниеpodkreplénije, пополне́ниеpopolnénije

  4. (uncountable)The process whereby a behavior with desirable consequences comes to be repeated.

    Verstärkung

  5. (countable, uncountable)A small round white sticker placed around a punched hole in a piece of paper to prevent the binder's rings from tearing through the paper.

More definitions
  • information that makes more forcible or convincing
  • a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission
  • an act performed to strengthen approved behavior
  • a device designed to provide additional strength

Examples

21 sentences
  1. We need to give students positive reinforcement.

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  2. Our reinforcements are here.

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  3. Our reinforcements will soon arrive.

    deUnsere Verstärkung wird bald eintreffen.

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  4. I brought reinforcements.

    ruЯ привел подкрепление.

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  5. Call for reinforcements.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
act or state of reinforcing or being reinforced:
in plural: additional troops or materiel sent to support a military action:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
act or state of reinforcing or being reinforced:

Forms

plural: reinforcements

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • information that makes more forcible or convincing: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:supportreenforcement
  • an act performed to strengthen approved behavior:reward
  • a device designed to provide additional strength:strengthener
  • (psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it:reinforcing stimulusreinforcer

Word family

16 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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