Enhancement - English meaning

noun

An increase in power or importance

Usage examples:

He gives a lot of money to charity, but personal aggrandizement is his motive., we believe she is m…

noun

The process of increasing the volume of sound, especially using an amplifier.

Usage examples:

Even without amplification, her voice carries to the farthest corners

noun

Amplification makes music or other sounds louder

Usage examples:

Electronic amplification, the horror lies in the violence itself, which needs no amplification.

noun

The action or process of making or becoming greater in size or amount.

Usage examples:

The augmentation of the curriculum with new subjects

noun

The process of increasing the size, value, or quality of something by adding to it

Usage examples:

I think of making computers smarter as intelligence augmentation., cosmetic procedures include nose…

verb

Make (something) greater by adding to it; increase.

Usage examples:

He augmented his summer income by painting houses

noun

A vowel prefixed to past tenses of verbs in greek and certain other indo-european languages.

verb

Help or encourage (something) to increase or improve.

Usage examples:

A range of measures to boost tourism

noun

A source of help or encouragement leading to increase or improvement.

Usage examples:

The cut in interest rates will give a further boost to the economy

noun

The action or fact of raising or being raised to a higher or more important level, state, or position.

Usage examples:

Her sudden elevation to the cabinet

noun

Height above the surface of the earth, or an area that is higher than the surrounding land

Usage examples:

[ c ] at higher elevations, the air is colder.

noun

A rapid increase; a rise.

Usage examples:

Cost escalations

noun

The process of becoming greater or more serious, or a particular situation when this happens

Usage examples:

[ u ] the escalation of costs, [ c ] military escalation

noun

A feeling or state of extreme happiness.

Usage examples:

She was in a frenzy of exaltation and terror

noun

The act of raising someone or something to a more important position

Usage examples:

The exaltation of art

noun

An example of improving or being improved.

Usage examples:

An improvement in east–west relations

noun

The process of making something better or of getting better

Usage examples:

[ c ] we made some improvements to the house before selling it., [ u ] there’s been no improvement…

noun

The fact of something getting better, or the act of making something better

Usage examples:

Constant/continued/significant improvement, signs of improvement, need/show/see improvement august …

verb

Become or make greater in size, amount, or degree.

Usage examples:

Car use is increasing at an alarming rate

noun

A rise in the size, amount, or degree of something.

Usage examples:

An increase of 28.3 per cent

verb

A process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous

noun

An increase or addition, especially one of a series on a fixed scale.

Usage examples:

All sizes from 4–30 mm in 1 mm increments

verb

Cause a discrete increase in (a numerical quantity).

Usage examples:

The average person would think intel would just increment the family code.

noun

One of a series of amounts that increase a total

Usage examples:

She was in the habit of saving in small increments each week., workers were promised two incrementa…

noun

The action of inflating something or the condition of being inflated.

Usage examples:

The inflation of a balloon

noun

A continuing rise in prices caused by an increase in the money supply and demand for goods

Usage examples:

Inflationary pressures seem to be building in the economy.

noun

An increase in prices over time, causing a reduction in the value of money

Usage examples:

High/low/moderate inflation higher inflation threatens to force interest rates higher., falling/ris…

noun

The action of making or becoming more intense.

Usage examples:

The intensification of the conflict

noun

The fact of becoming greater, more serious, or more extreme, or of making something do this

Usage examples:

Home sales could be threatened by the sudden intensification of the financial crisis last month., t…

verb

Raise to a higher position or level.

Usage examples:

He lifted his trophy over his head

noun

A platform or compartment housed in a shaft for raising and lowering people or things to different levels.

Usage examples:

Alice went up to the second floor in the lift

verb

To move something from a lower to a higher position

Usage examples:

[ t ] i can’t lift you up – you’re a big boy now!, [ i always + adv/prep ] the top of the stool lif…

noun

The action of magnifying something or the process of being magnified.

Usage examples:

The lines are only visible under high magnification

noun

The act of making something look larger than it is, or the degree to which it does look larger

verb

Move from a lower position to a higher one; come or go up.

Usage examples:

The tiny aircraft rose from the ground

noun

An upward movement; an instance of rising.

Usage examples:

The bird has a display flight of steep flapping rises

verb

Move upward

verb

Make or become stronger.

Usage examples:

He advises an application of fluoride to strengthen the teeth

verb

Present participle of strengthen

Usage examples:

They have been strengthening their border defences in preparation for war., his battle against canc…

verb

(especially of a part of the body) become larger or rounder in size, typically as a result of an accumulation of fluid.

Usage examples:

Her bruised knee was already swelling up

noun

A full or gently rounded shape or form.

Usage examples:

The soft swell of her breast

adjective

Excellent; very good.

Usage examples:

You're looking swell