reinforcement

EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

re-enforcement, reenforcement, reënforcement

EtymologyEdit

From reinforce +‎ -ment.

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /ˌɹiːɪnˈfɔː(ɹ)smənt/
Audio (US) (file)

NounEdit

reinforcement (countable and uncountable, plural reinforcements)

(uncountable) The act, process, or state of reinforcing or being reinforced.
(countable) A thing that reinforces.
There's a website that can be a good learning reinforcement.
(in the plural) Additional troops or materiel sent to support a military action.
Send in the reinforcements!
(uncountable, behavioral psychology) The process whereby a behavior with desirable consequences comes to be repeated.
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.

Derived termsEdit

TranslationsEdit

act or state of reinforcing or being reinforced

Armenian: ամրապնդում (hy) (amrapndum)
Bulgarian: подсилване (bg) n (podsilvane), укрепване (bg) n (ukrepvane)
Catalan: reforç (ca) m, reforçament m
Danish: forstærkning c
Finnish: vahvistaminen (fi)
French: renfort (fr) m
Galician: reforzo m, reforzamento (gl) m
Georgian: გამაგრება (gamagreba), განმტკიცება (ganmṭḳiceba), გაძლიერება (gaʒliereba), შევსება (ševseba)
German: Verstärkung (de) f
Hungarian: megerősítés (hu), megerősödés
Irish: athneartú m
Macedonian: потсилу́вање n (potsilúvanje)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: forsterkning m or f

Nynorsk: forsterkning f
Persian: تقویت‎ (fa) (taqviyat)
Polish: wzmocnienie (pl) n, wsparcie (pl) n
Russian: укрепле́ние (ru) n (ukreplénije), усиле́ние (ru) n (usilénije)
Spanish: refuerzo (es) m, reforzamiento m

thing that reinforces

Catalan: reforç (ca)
Dutch: versterking (nl)
Finnish: vahvike, lujike
French: renfort (fr)
Galician: reforzo m, reforzamento (gl) m
German: Verstärkung (de) f
Italian: rinforzo (it)
Polish: wzmocnienie (pl) n, wsparcie (pl) n
Portuguese: reforço (pt)
Spanish: refuerzo (es), reforzamiento m
Swedish: förstärkning (sv) c

in plural: additional troops or materiel sent to support a military action

Albanian: please add this translation if you can
Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Bulgarian: подкрепление n (podkreplenie)
Danish: forstærkning c
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Estonian: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: apuvoimat pl, vahvistukset pl
Galician: reforzo m, reforzamento (gl) m
Georgian: საჯარისო შენაერთის გაძლიერება (saǯariso šenaertis gaʒliereba), საჯარისო შენაერთის შევსება (saǯariso šenaertis ševseba), დამატებითი აღჭურვილობით მომარაგება (damaṭebiti aɣč̣urvilobit momarageba)
German: Verstärkung (de) f
Hungarian: utánpótlás (hu), segédcsapatok pl, megerősítő csapatok pl
Indonesian: bala bantuan (id)
Japanese: 援兵 (ja) (えんぺい, enpei)
Latin: supplēmentum n
Latvian: please add this translation if you can
Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
Macedonian: засилу́вање n (zasilúvanje)
Maori: ope whakahirihiri, whaitaua
Norwegian:
Bokmål: forsterkninger m or f pl

Nynorsk: forsterkningar f pl
Polish: posiłki (pl) pl
Romanian: please add this translation if you can
Russian: подкрепле́ние (ru) n (podkreplénije), пополне́ние (ru) n (popolnénije)
Spanish: refuerzo (es) m, reforzamiento m
Turkish: please add this translation if you can
Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can

behavioral psychology: process whereby a behavior with desirable consequences comes to be repeated

Danish: forstærkning c
Finnish: vahvistaminen (fi)
German: Verstärkung (de) f
Hungarian: megerősítés (hu)