enhancement
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Origin of enhancement
Explanation
An enhancement makes something better. An enhancement to your recipe makes it taste better. An enhancement to your outfit makes it look snappier. An enhancement to your camera lens makes it take clearer photos. The noun enhancement comes from the verb enhance, meaning "to increase or improve," and it can describe anything that's an improvement to the quality or value of something. People might make surgical enhancements to their faces and bodies to make themselves look better — otherwise known as plastic surgery — although this type of enhancement that is somewhat controversial. Those who do it believe it's an enhancement to their quality of life, since they feel better about themselves.
Vocabulary lists containing enhancement
Vocabulary from "There Will Never Be an Age of Artificial Intimacy," by Sherry Turkle
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Lessons 2–3
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Example Sentences
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Eventually, it is likely that companies will build too much AI infrastructure and stock prices will fall, said Ayako Yoshioka, senior investment strategist at the wealth-management firm Wealth Enhancement.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
The Northeast Supply Enhancement Pipeline broke ground in April 2026 after a decade of permit fights.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026
To explore this mystery, a team led by Associate Professor Tomoaki Ishiyama of Chiba University's Digital Transformation Enhancement Council in Japan carried out one of the most extensive cosmological simulations ever performed.
From Science Daily • Nov. 9, 2025
The city had established a “Safety Enhancement Zone” in the area, as it has done since 2011, according to its website.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2025
Influence of Annealing in the Enhancement of Response in Metals 101 59.
From Response in the Living and Non-Living by Bose, Jagadis Chandra, Sir
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