reinforce

«reinforce» in Mova's school dictionary: To make something stronger, especially by adding material… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (reinforce, reinforces, reinforced, reinforcing)

meaning for a pupil

1) To make something stronger, especially by adding material or support. tree →

2) To make an idea, feeling or habit stronger. tree →

3) To send more soldiers, police or helpers to make a group stronger. tree →

4) (learning) To repeat or reward something so that it is learnt better. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science and design technology, concrete is reinforced with steel rods, and paper bridges with folded strips. In school, practice reinforces learning and praise reinforces good behaviour. In history and stories armies are reinforced. Phrases: «reinforced concrete», «reinforce the message», «reinforce a lesson», «reinforce good behaviour».

examples

• The builders reinforced the wall with steel bars. tree →
• Doing practice questions reinforces what you learnt. tree →
• Fold the card to reinforce the bridge. tree →
• Praise reinforces kind behaviour. tree →
• More firefighters arrived to reinforce the team. tree →
• The photo reinforced the idea that the castle was haunted. tree →
• Reinforced glass is hard to break. tree →

note

Regular verb: reinforced. Noun: «reinforcement» and «reinforcements» (extra soldiers). Pronounced «ree-in-FORCE». In science, a reinforced structure can hold a bigger load before it breaks.

In the corpora

• Reinforced concrete has steel bars inside it so it can resist stretching as well as squashing.

Trees and pragmatics

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