reinforcement

Nouns

  • (n) a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission
    • they called for artillery support
    reenforcement, support,
  • (n) information that makes more forcible or convincing
    • his gestures provided eloquent reinforcement for his complaints
    reenforcement,
  • (n) (psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it reinforcer, reinforcing stimulus,
  • (n) a device designed to provide additional strength
    • the cardboard backing was just a strengthener
    • he used gummed reinforcements to hold the page in his notebook
    strengthener,
  • (n) an act performed to strengthen approved behavior reward,

Synonyms

reenforcement support reinforcer reinforcing stimulus strengthener reward

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