reinforcement
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3.9
- noun
- /ˌriːɪnˈfɔːrsmənt/
:
refuerzo
- After losing several soldiers, the general decided to call for reinforcements to bolster their defenses.
- reinforcements arrived
- need reinforcement
- reinforcement materials
And now we can work in the reinforcement glass mat and add more of the same stuff.
- And now we can work in the reinforcement glass mat and add more of the same stuff.
- Wedge one just happened to be that part of the Pentagon that had just undergone massive reinforcement to protect the building from just such an attack.
Examples
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I sent for reinforcements.
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If you don't send me reinforcements, I won't be able to hold out.
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Some kind of reinforcement so it stays in place better.
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And now we can work in the reinforcement glass mat and add more of the same stuff.
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And that is to tie the roof reinforcement up into the main slab which goes across the top.
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Instead, they and others have called for a reinforcement of peripheral laboratory facilities.
Academic text (1992) -
So we have our little button tab, and now we have to cover all that up with a little reinforcement rectangle.
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MORE SOLDIERS hear the call and come running, reinforcements converging from all over the village.
Fiction book (1995) -
The Marines fought them, block by block, but they kept pouring in reinforcements.
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In response, the government sent reinforcements along the Harad-Malahiz road and then up the mountains through Razih.
Academic text (2012)
Synonyms
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3.9
Help given to a force, such as extra soldiers or equipment
103
3.9
An extra pill or food that people take to give needed nutrients
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3.4
Making something stronger, for example muscles or ties between people
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6.2
A thing you add to help something hold more weight
Extra soldiers, equipment, or help that make an army stronger
Antonyms
How Strong
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Reinforcement comes from the parts re- 'again' and force 'strength', the same force you know in English. So a reinforcement is something you add to make a thing stronger and less likely to break.