enrichment

[en-rich-muhnt]

noun

1. an act of enriching.

2. the state of being enriched.

3. something that enriches.

   the enrichments of education and travel.

Other Word Forms

• self-enrichment noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of enrichment¹

First recorded in 1620–30; enrich + -ment

Example Sentences

For me it had been Australia, which my pop believed too America-like to offer cultural enrichment.

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But, speaking to reporters on Friday, he added that Tehran would need reassurances that its nuclear facilities would not be attacked by Israel in order to normalise its nuclear enrichment programme.

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But he added that Tehran would need reassurances that its nuclear facilities would not be attacked by Israel in order to normalise its nuclear enrichment programme.

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One of the targets was Fordo, a uranium enrichment plant hidden in a remote mountainside that is vital to Iran's nuclear ambitions.

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He began the presentation with an explanation of how the CPB was conceived “as a means for the federal government to wield the power of television for the enrichment of all Americans.”

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Related Words

• enhancement