reinforcement

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   information that makes more forcible or convincing

   My gestures underlined the degree to which the complaints bothered me.

2. 2
   noun

   The act, process, or state of reinforcing or being reinforced.

   If a journalist speaks for herself, let her say so. If something is true of "a few" or "some" or "many" or, even, "most" of us, then let her say that. It may cost a few extra modifiers, but it will prevent the unconscionable reinforcement of the myth that we are all alike.

3. 3
   noun

   A thing that reinforces.

   There's a website that can be a good learning reinforcement.

4. 4
   noun

   Additional troops or materiel sent to support a military action.

   Send in the reinforcements!

5. 5
   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

6. 6
   noun

   an act performed to strengthen approved behavior

7. 7
   noun

   a device designed to provide additional strength

8. 8
   noun

   (psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it

Etymology

From reinforce + -ment.