enhance

«enhance» in Mova's school dictionary: To make something better, stronger or more attractive; to… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (enhance, enhances, enhanced, enhancing)

meaning for a pupil

1) To make something better, stronger or more attractive; to improve the quality or value. tree →

2) (computing, images) To make a picture or sound clearer: «enhance the photo». tree →

sense in the lessons

In science and computing: enhance an image, enhance sound. In school: enhance your writing with adjectives and detail; enhance learning with trips. In everyday life: spices enhance flavour. Safety and ethics: «performance-enhancing drugs» are banned in sport. Phrases: «enhance quality», «enhance the flavour», «enhanced by».

examples

• A pinch of salt enhances the flavour. tree →
• Adding adjectives can enhance your writing. tree →
• The detective enhanced the photo to see the number plate. tree →
• The new playground enhanced the school grounds. tree →
• Lights enhance the beauty of the Christmas tree. tree →
• Performance-enhancing drugs are against the rules in sport. tree →

note

Regular verb. Noun: «enhancement». Formal; in speech say «improve», «make better». Spelling: en + hance (not «enhanse»).

In the corpora

• "Enhanced interrogation" means torture (US).
• "Enhanced pat-down" is a US official phrase for a thorough body search, for example at an airport.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «enhance» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.