enhancement

[ en-hans-muhnt, -hahns- ]

/ ɛnˈhæns mənt, -ˈhɑns- /

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noun

the state or quality of being elevated, heightened, or increased, as in quality, degree, intensity, or value: The latest update brings many performance enhancements, finishing touches, and bug fixes.Combining solar power systems with energy storage promises significant cost savings and value enhancements for both technologies.

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Origin of enhancement

enhance + -ment

OTHER WORDS FROM enhancement

self-en·hance·ment, noun

Words nearby enhancement

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How to use enhancement in a sentence

Today, the Bay Area startup has some very different news to share, as it becomes part of Walmart as Walmart has purchased select assets in a bid to enhance its supply chain.
Walmart is buying JoyRun assets to add ‘peer-to-peer’ product delivery|Brian Heater|November 20, 2020|TechCrunch
The “game feel” is enhanced with 3D audio and the DualSense haptic feedback.
‘Demon’s Souls’ review: The ideal PlayStation 5 launch game|Gene Park|November 20, 2020|Washington Post
It improves and enhances the safety of our entire community.
Arlington County Board takes a big step toward Restorative Justice model|Clarence Williams|November 19, 2020|Washington Post
“Your job is to enhance the broadcast, not intrude,” Matalon told him.
Inside Aqib Talib’s ‘raw’ but ‘real’ NFL announcing debut|Les Carpenter|November 19, 2020|Washington Post

Those enhanced measures are designed to halt spread of the virus within teams’ facilities and have applied, to this point, only to those teams with positive coronavirus cases and those known to have been exposed to the virus.
NFL toughens its coronavirus protocols as several Raiders players are placed in quarantine|Mark Maske|November 18, 2020|Washington Post
The pursuit of animal enhancement arose from studies made at the dawn of the penicillin era.
Is Your Bacon on Drugs?|Kent Sepkowitz|December 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Everyone knows that surgical enhancement is part of the drill.
What Venezuela Can Learn From Miss Universe|Mac Margolis|November 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST
All of these factors are related to cognitive enhancement, but they're difficult to disentangle.
Busting the Adderall Myth|Casey Schwartz|December 21, 2010|DAILY BEAST
A war memorial is a symbol of conflict resolution, not conflict enhancement.
Why the Mosque Scares the Right|M.J. Akbar|August 14, 2010|DAILY BEAST
The picturesque Umbrian hill town of Perugia may have seemed an idyllic setting for cultural and linguistic enhancement.
Introducing Angel Face|Tina Brown|March 22, 2010|DAILY BEAST
The emotion which finds its outlet in the dance itself, then seeks a further enhancement through objective means.
Elements of Folk Psychology|Wilhelm Wundt
Through the enhancement of the qualities of the hero it was then elevated into the sphere of the superhuman.
Elements of Folk Psychology|Wilhelm Wundt
Thus, art again returns to the being whose ideal enhancement originally gave rise to the hero.
Elements of Folk Psychology|Wilhelm Wundt
The long wars with France ended in the enhancement of this position by the destruction of the only rival fleet in being.
The Crime Against Europe|Roger Casement
Yet the enhancement of railway revenues would indeed be enormous from such an increase of freight rates.
Railroads: Rates and Regulations|William Z. Ripley