From reinforce + -ment.
- IPA(key): /ˌɹiːɪnˈfɔː(ɹ)smənt/
reinforcement (countable and uncountable, plural reinforcements)
- (uncountable) The act, process, or state of reinforcing or being reinforced.
- (countable) A thing that reinforces.
There's a website that can be a good learning reinforcement.
- (in the plural) Additional troops or materiel sent to support a military action.
Send in the reinforcements!
- (uncountable, behavioral psychology) The process whereby a behavior with desirable consequences comes to be repeated.
- A small round white sticker placed around a punched hole in a piece of paper to prevent the binder's rings from tearing through the paper.
act or state of reinforcing or being reinforced
- Armenian: ամրապնդում (hy) (amrapndum)
- Bulgarian: подсилване (bg) n (podsilvane), укрепване (bg) n (ukrepvane)
- Catalan: reforç (ca) m, reforçament m
- Danish: forstærkning c
- Finnish: vahvistaminen (fi)
- French: renfort (fr) m
- Galician: reforzo m, reforzamento (gl) m
- Georgian: გამაგრება (gamagreba), განმტკიცება (ganmṭḳiceba), გაძლიერება (gaʒliereba), შევსება (ševseba)
- German: Verstärkung (de) f
- Hungarian: megerősítés (hu), megerősödés (hu)
- Irish: athneartú m
- Macedonian: потсилу́вање n (potsilúvanje)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: forsterkning m or f
- Nynorsk: forsterkning f
- Persian: تقویت (fa) (taqviyat)
- Polish: wzmocnienie (pl) n, wsparcie (pl) n
- Russian: укрепле́ние (ru) n (ukreplénije), усиле́ние (ru) n (usilénije)
- Spanish: refuerzo (es) m, reforzamiento m
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in plural: additional troops or materiel sent to support a military action
- Albanian: please add this translation if you can
- Armenian: օգնական ուժեր (ōgnakan užer)
- Bulgarian: подкрепление n (podkreplenie)
- Danish: forstærkning c, støtte
- Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
- Estonian: please add this translation if you can
- Finnish: apuvoimat pl, vahvistukset pl
- French: renforts (fr) m pl
- Galician: reforzo m, reforzamento (gl) m
- Georgian: საჯარისო შენაერთის გაძლიერება (saǯariso šenaertis gaʒliereba), საჯარისო შენაერთის შევსება (saǯariso šenaertis ševseba), დამატებითი აღჭურვილობით მომარაგება (damaṭebiti aɣč̣urvilobit momarageba)
- German: Verstärkung (de) f
- Hungarian: utánpótlás (hu), segédcsapatok (hu) pl, megerősítő csapatok pl
- Indonesian: bala bantuan (id)
- Japanese: 援兵 (ja) (えんぺい, enpei)
- Latin: supplēmentum n
- Latvian: please add this translation if you can
- Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
- Macedonian: засилу́вање n (zasilúvanje)
- Maori: ope whakahirihiri, whaitaua
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: forsterkninger m or f pl
- Nynorsk: forsterkningar f pl
- Polish: posiłki (pl) pl
- Portuguese: reforços m pl
- Romanian: please add this translation if you can
- Russian: подкрепле́ние (ru) n (podkreplénije), пополне́ние (ru) n (popolnénije)
- Spanish: refuerzo (es) m, reforzamiento m
- Turkish: please add this translation if you can
- Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can
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behavioral psychology: process whereby a behavior with desirable consequences comes to be repeated
