enhancement B2 Topic:Describing Qualities US /ɪnˈhæns.mənt/ UK /ɪnˈhɑːns.mənt/ See IPA manual Freq #28351 Meanings 1 noun an improvement that makes something more agreeable My new phone has some cool enhancements. 2 noun An improvement or supplement that tends to increase a sense of esteem. The original product, with its simplistic design, has undergone many enhancements over the years. 3 noun The degree to which the image of a scan stands out as a bright area. The enhancement characteristics of a PNET on CT may also have prognostic value, as lesions that hypoenhance on CT scan tend to have worse overall survival than lesions that are isoenhancing or hyperenhancing (5-year survival 54% vs 89% vs 93%). Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · an improvement that makes... sweetening Word family Derived forms coenhancementdehancementhyperenhancementhypoenhancementimmunoenhancementisoenhancementneuroenhancementnonenhancementphotoenhancementradioenhancement Common collocations edge enhancement Noun + noun Etymology From enhance + -ment. Topics Describing Qualities External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # enhancement **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ɪnˈhæns.mənt/ **IPA (UK):** /ɪnˈhɑːns.mənt/ **Frequency rank:** 28351 ## Meanings 1. an improvement that makes something more agreeable 2. An improvement or supplement that tends to increase a sense of esteem. 3. The degree to which the image of a scan stands out as a bright area. ## Examples - My new phone has some cool enhancements. - The original product, with its simplistic design, has undergone many enhancements over the years. - The enhancement characteristics of a PNET on CT may also have prognostic value, as lesions that hypoenhance on CT scan tend to have worse overall survival than lesions that are isoenhancing or hyperenhancing (5-year survival 54% vs 89% vs 93%). ## Derived Forms - coenhancement - dehancement - hyperenhancement - hypoenhancement - immunoenhancement - isoenhancement - neuroenhancement - nonenhancement - photoenhancement - radioenhancement ## Etymology From enhance + -ment. ## Topics - Describing Qualities markdown