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en·hance·ment

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. enhancement, sweeteningnoun

    an improvement that makes something more agreeable

Wiktionary

  1. enhancementnoun

    an improvement

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Enhancementnoun

    Etymology: from enhance.

    Their yearly rents are not improved, the landlords making no less gain by fines than by enhancement of rents. Francis Bacon.

    Jocular slanders have, from the slightness of the temptation, an enhancement of guilt. Government of the Tongue, s. 5.

ChatGPT

  1. enhancement

    Enhancement generally refers to the improvement or augmentation in the quality, value, functionality, or performance of something. It may involve making additions, modifications, or adjustments to boost the effectiveness or appeal of a particular aspect or entity.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Enhancementnoun

    the act of increasing, or state of being increased; augmentation; aggravation; as, the enhancement of value, price, enjoyments, crime

The New Hacker's Dictionary

  1. enhancement

    Common marketroid-speak for a bug fix. This abuse of language is a popular and time-tested way to turn incompetence into increased revenue. A hacker being ironic would instead call the fix a feature — or perhaps save some effort by declaring the bug itself to be a feature.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of enhancement in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of enhancement in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of enhancement in a Sentence

  1. Anya Kamenetz:

    In modern parenting culture, it is hard to resist the temptation to moralize everything and have everything fit to brain enhancement, but TV is a fun part of growing up and a treat. Especially if you don't have it all the time.

  2. Michael Bivona:

    Having retired from the accounting profession and the computer enhancement industry, [I know] there is a shortage of qualified people to perform bookkeeping-computer work and that the wages and flexible time schedules can be very attractive for part-timers.In many instances the work can be performed at home for those who have computers and prefer being in a quiet environment.

  3. J Danforth Quayle:

    Our party has been accused of fooling the public by calling tax increases 'revenue enhancement.' Not so. No one was fooled.

  4. Wang Fusheng:

    COVID vaccines do not cause leukemia or diabetes, nor do they affect genetic development, cause tumor metastasis or antibody-dependent enhancement, and those are irresponsible, false information on the internet.

  5. Lee Rainie:

    People are sort of nuanced and somewhat discriminating in their views. They don't just have blanket judgments that they make about AI or human enhancement, they're really judging each application on its own terms.

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Translations for enhancement

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  • повишение, подобрениеBulgarian
  • Erweiterung, VerbesserungGerman
  • mejoraSpanish
  • hobekuntzaBasque
  • kohennus, lisäys, parannusFinnish
  • améliorationFrench
  • वृद्धिHindi
  • consecraverantLatin
  • verbeteringDutch
  • melhoria, Aprimoramento, melhoramentoPortuguese
  • прирост, улучшение, повышение, совершенствование, увеличение, усилениеRussian
  • посиленняUkrainian

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