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Englisch
Etymology
From reinforce + -ment .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˌɹiːɪnˈfɔː(ɹ)smənt/
Nomen
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 oder 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.
Derived terms
Translations
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
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
Ottoman Turkish: امداد ( imdad )
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: imdat
Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can
behavioral psychology: process whereby a behavior with desirable consequences comes to be repeated
See also