REENFORCEMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reenforcement mean? 

• REENFORCEMENT (noun)
  The noun REENFORCEMENT has 2 senses:

1. information that makes more forcible or convincing

2. a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission

  Familiarity information: REENFORCEMENT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REENFORCEMENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Information that makes more forcible or convincing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

reenforcement; reinforcement

Context example:

his gestures provided eloquent reinforcement for his complaints

Hypernyms ("reenforcement" is a kind of...):

confirmation (information that confirms or verifies)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

reenforcement; reinforcement; support

Context example:

they called for artillery support

Hypernyms ("reenforcement" is a kind of...):

military operation; operation (activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign))

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "reenforcement"):

close support (close-in firing by one unit against an enemy engaged by another unit)

Derivation:

reenforce (make stronger)