reenforcement
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Definition
Noun: 1. The act of strengthening or supporting something, often by adding more people, supplies, or evidence: The primary meaning refers to making something stronger or more effective by providing additional resources or compelling information. 2. (Military) Additional troops, equipment, or supplies sent to support a military force: A specific application where the word denotes the personnel or matériel sent to aid an existing unit.
Usage Examples
- General Usage (Strengthening with Information):
- The lawyer's closing argument served as powerful reenforcement for her client's innocence.
- His detailed research provided the necessary reenforcement for the new theory.
- Military Usage:
- The general requested reenforcement for the beleaguered front line.
- The arrival of reenforcement boosted the morale of the defending soldiers.
Advanced Usage
- "In need of reenforcement": Describing a situation, argument, or position that requires additional support to be viable or credible.
- His claim was interesting but in desperate need of reenforcement from empirical data.
- "To act as a reenforcement": To serve the function of strengthening or supporting.
- The new study acts as a crucial reenforcement to the existing body of evidence.
Variants and Related Words
- Reinforcement (n): This is the far more common and standard modern spelling of the word. "Reenforcement" is an accepted but less frequent variant.
- Reinforce (v): To strengthen or support.
- They needed to reinforce the dam before the storm.
- Reinforced (adj): Made stronger.
- The bridge was built with reinforced concrete.
Synonyms
- Support: Assistance or backing.
- Strengthening: The act of making stronger.
- Bolstering: Providing support to make something stronger or more stable.
- Augmentation: The action of making something greater by adding to it.
Notes on Usage
- The word "reenforcement" is a valid but less common variant of the standard spelling "reinforcement". In most modern contexts, especially formal writing, "reinforcement" is preferred.
- The word can be used in both concrete contexts (like military troops) and abstract contexts (like supporting an argument).
Noun
- 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
- information that makes more forcible or convincing
- his gestures provided eloquent reinforcement for his complaints