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- 1. the action or process of reinforcing or strengthening: "older electricity mains required reinforcement to meet increased demand" Similar
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Reinforcement is the act of making something stronger, adding extra people or material, or influencing behavior through rewards or punishments. Learn more about the different meanings and uses of reinforcement with examples and collocations.
Reinforcement is a way to learn and remember things, like a student who repeats the facts he has studied for a test over and over, or the ways we praise children when they share their toys or say "please" and "thank you" — reinforcement of the good manners we want them to use.
Learn the meaning, synonyms, examples, and history of the verb reinforce, which means to strengthen or increase by additional assistance, material, or support. See also the medical and kids definitions of reinforce.
Definition of reinforcement noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Learn the meaning of reinforce as a verb in English, with different senses and usage examples. Find out how to pronounce reinforce and how to translate it in other languages.
noun. the act of reinforcing. the state of being reinforced. something that reinforces or strengthens. Often reinforcements. an additional supply of personnel, ships, aircraft, etc., for a military force. a system of steel bars, strands, wires, or mesh for absorbing the tensile and shearing stresses in concrete work. Psychology.
