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- DictionaryRe·in·force/ˌrēənˈfôrs/
verb
- 1. strengthen or support (an object or substance), especially with additional material: "the helmet has been reinforced with a double layer of cork"
The meaning of REINFORCE is to strengthen by additional assistance, material, or support : make stronger or more pronounced. How to use reinforce in a sentence.
to make something stronger: The pockets on my jeans are reinforced with double stitching. C1. If something reinforces an idea or opinion, it provides more proof or support for it and makes it seem true: The final technical report into the accident reinforces the findings of initial investigations.
to strengthen; make more forcible or effective: to reinforce efforts. to augment; increase: to reinforce a supply. Psychology. to strengthen the probability of (a response to a given stimulus) by giving or withholding a reward.
to make something stronger: The pockets on my jeans are reinforced with double stitching. C1. If something reinforces an idea or opinion, it provides more proof or support for it and makes it seem true: The final technical report into the accident reinforces the findings of initial investigations.
To reinforce means to make stronger. You can reinforce your roof by putting some extra supports under it. Besides a physical structure, there are many things you can reinforce.
If something reinforces a feeling, situation, or process, it makes it stronger or more intense. A stronger European Parliament would, they fear, only reinforce the power of the larger countries. [VERB noun] This sense of privilege tends to be reinforced by the outside world.
reinforce something to make a structure or material stronger, especially by adding another material to it. All buildings are now reinforced to withstand earthquakes. The door was built of oak, heavily reinforced with iron. reinforce something to send more people or equipment in order to make an army, etc. stronger.
