enhancement
noun (an enhancement, enhancements; also uncountable)
Everyday
- An enhancement is an improvement that makes something better, stronger or more attractive. tree →
- (formal) Enhancement is the act of making something better. tree →
In the lessons
In technology: a software enhancement adds new features. In art and science: image enhancement makes photos clearer. A formal word; in everyday talk say "improvement". Phrases: an enhancement to, image enhancement, performance enhancement.
Examples
- The new update has many enhancements. tree →
- The garden had a big enhancement after we planted flowers. tree →
- Image enhancement made the blurry photo clear. tree →
- Using banned drugs for performance enhancement is cheating in sport. tree →
- The new lights were a great enhancement to the hall. tree →
- We suggested some enhancements to our class website. tree →
Note
Verb: enhance. Countable when it is one improvement; uncountable for the process. Spelling: en-HANCE-ment. In formal exam language it simply means "improvement".
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «enhancement» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «enhancement» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
This page in Markdown → https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/enhancement/