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- pronunciation:
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haens
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb)
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
enhances, enhancing, enhanced |
| definition: |
to heighten, improve, or increase, as in quality, value, attractiveness, or reputation.
Herbs enhance the flavor of the meat.Putting in a swimming pool will enhance the value of the property.His new stylish haircut and clean-shaven face enhanced his appearance.Winning this important case enhanced her reputation as a lawyer.
- synonyms:
- ameliorate, develop, enrich, improve, upgrade
- antonyms:
- attenuate, besmirch, counteract, debase, diminish, impair, mar, obscure, spoil, taint, tarnish, vitiate
- similar words:
- adorn, aggrandize, amplify, augment, beautify, better, embellish, embroider, heighten, intensify, polish
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| related words: |
accent, become, expand, extend, grace, lift, ornament, piece, pretty, promote, reflect, reform, round out, season, touch |
adverb + (v.)enhance
dramatically, greatly, significantly, substantially, thereby
(v.)enhance
+ noun
ability,
accuracy,
achievement,
appeal,
appreciation,
autonomy,
awareness,
beauty,
capability,
capacity,
collaboration,
communication,
competence,
competitiveness,
contrast,
cooperation,
creativity,
credibility,
curriculum,
development,
diversity,
effectiveness,
efficiency,
enactment,
environment,
experience,
fitness,
flavor,
function,
growth,
habitat,
image,
influence,
instruction,
interaction,
knowledge,
learner,
learning,
legitimacy,
likelihood,
literacy,
means,
memory,
mobility,
mood,
motivation,
opportunity,
participation,
perception,
performance,
potential,
prestige,
productivity,
prospect,
quality,
reputation,
safety,
satisfaction,
security,
self-esteem,
skill,
stability,
standing,
stature,
status,
student,
survival,
teaching,
understanding,
validity,
value,
visibility,
welfare,
well-being
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| derivations: |
enhancement (n.), enhancer (n.) |
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