reinforce
[verb]
Synonyms: support, bolster, emphasize, fortify, prop, strengthen, stress, supplement, toughen

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Antonyms: undermine
Related Words: augment, enlarge, increase, multiply, bolster, buttress, pillar, prop, sustain

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re‧in‧force W3 AC /ˌriːənˈfɔːs, ˌriːɪnˈfɔːs $ -ˈfɔːrs/ verb [transitive]
[Word Family: verb: reinforce; noun: reinforcement; adjective: reinforced]
[Date: 1400-1500; Origin: inforce (14-17 centuries), from enforce]

1. to give support to an opinion, idea, or feeling, and make it stronger:
The film reinforces the idea that women should be pretty and dumb.

2. to make part of a building, structure, piece of clothing etc stronger

3. to make a group of people, especially an army, stronger by adding people, equipment etc

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

reinforce
verb
I. support sth that already exists
ADV. enormously, greatly, massively, powerfully, strongly This report strongly reinforces the view that the system must be changed.
further | merely, only, simply All this simply reinforces my earlier point.
constantly, continually, continuously, repeatedly | implicitly | mutually Violent behaviour and rejection by society are mutually reinforcing.
unwittingly | positively
VERB + REINFORCE help (to), serve to, tend to

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reinforce
II. make sth stronger
ADV. heavily
PREP. with The door was built of oak, heavily reinforced with iron.

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