nnoun.acta military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its missionTopic:armed forcesarmed servicesmilitarymilitary machinewar machine
Synset:reenforcement support
Examples:- they called for artillery support
Derivationally Related Form:reinforcereenforce
Hypernyms:military operation operation
Inherited Hypernyms:supportoperationactivityacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:close support
Full Hyponyms:close support
nnoun.communicationinformation that makes more forcible or convincingSynset:reenforcement
Examples:- his gestures provided eloquent reinforcement for his complaints
Hypernyms:confirmation
Inherited Hypernyms:reinforcementconfirmationinformationmessagecommunicationabstractionentity
nnoun.cognition(psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced itTopic:psychological sciencepsychology
Synset:reinforcer reinforcing stimulus
Derivationally Related Form:reinforce
Hypernyms:input stimulant stimulation stimulus
Inherited Hypernyms:reinforcing stimulusstimulationinformationcognitionpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:negative reinforcernegative reinforcing stimuluspositive reinforcerpositive reinforcing stimulus
Full Hyponyms:negative reinforcing stimuluspositive reinforcing stimulus
nnoun.artifacta device designed to provide additional strengthSynset:strengthener
Examples:- the cardboard backing was just a strengthener
- he used gummed reinforcements to hold the page in his notebook
Derivationally Related Form:reinforcestrengthen
Hypernyms:device
Inherited Hypernyms:strengthenerdeviceinstrumentalityartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:backingbracebracingmountsafety arch
Full Hyponyms:ankle braceback bracebackingbackstaybracecrossbarcrosspieceforestaygussetguyknee bracemainstayneck bracerundlerungsafety archskegstaystringerstrutthwarttietransom
nnoun.actan act performed to strengthen approved behaviorSynset:reward
Derivationally Related Form:rewardreinforce
Hypernyms:approval approving blessing
Inherited Hypernyms:rewardblessingsupportaidactivityacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:carrot