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.

  2. Our reinforcements are here.

  3. Our reinforcements will soon arrive.

    deUnsere Verstärkung wird bald eintreffen. — Waldelfe

  4. I brought reinforcements.

    ruЯ привел подкрепление. — sharptoothed

  5. Call for reinforcements.

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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