reinforced

«reinforced» in Mova's school dictionary: Made stronger by adding more material or support:… — 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, past tense and past participle of reinforce (reinforce, reinforces, reinforced, reinforcing); adjective (reinforced)

meaning for a pupil

1) Made stronger by adding more material or support: reinforced concrete. tree →

2) Made stronger or surer: The lesson reinforced what we learned. tree →

3) Given more soldiers, people or supplies. tree →

sense in the lessons

In design and technology «reinforced concrete» has steel bars inside it to make it strong. In school, teachers reinforce learning with practice. In stories an army is reinforced when more troops arrive. In science, a reinforced structure carries a bigger load.

examples

• The bridge is made of reinforced concrete. tree →
• The knees of my jeans are reinforced with patches. tree →
• Practice reinforced her times tables. tree →
• The castle walls were reinforced before the attack. tree →
• The team was reinforced by two new players. tree →
• Reinforced glass doesn't shatter easily. tree →

note

Spelling: re-in-force (with -force). Noun: reinforcement(s) — also «reinforcements» for extra soldiers. Positive reinforcement = rewarding good behaviour.

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 «reinforced» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.