enhancement

«enhancement» in Mova's school dictionary: an improvement that makes something better, stronger or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (an enhancement, enhancements; also uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) An enhancement is an improvement that makes something better, stronger or more attractive. tree →

2) (formal) Enhancement is the act of making something better. tree →

sense in the lessons

In technology: a software enhancement adds new features. In art and science: image enhancement makes photos clearer. A formal word; in everyday talk say "improvement". Phrases: an enhancement to, image enhancement, performance enhancement.

examples

• The new update has many enhancements. tree →
• The garden had a big enhancement after we planted flowers. tree →
• Image enhancement made the blurry photo clear. tree →
• Using banned drugs for performance enhancement is cheating in sport. tree →
• The new lights were a great enhancement to the hall. tree →
• We suggested some enhancements to our class website. tree →

note

Verb: enhance. Countable when it is one improvement; uncountable for the process. Spelling: en-HANCE-ment. In formal exam language it simply means "improvement".

Trees and pragmatics

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