Upper-Intermediate 📚 Vocabulary · #282 of 1319

reinforce (v.)

to strengthen

Examples

  • Reinforce the message.

Key rules

  • Reinforce means strengthen something
  • Reinforce a message, reinforce a wall
  • Reinforcement is the noun

Use cases

  • Building structures
  • Marketing messages
  • Teaching
💡 Tip: Reinforce is also used for behaviour in psychology.
Practise this topic in the appPractise Upper-Intermediate quiz
← preliminary (adj.)restrain (v.) →

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