Enhance
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɪnˈhɑːns/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Enhance is a verb meaning To augment or make something greater.
Meaning
To augment or make something greater.
More Meanings
- To improve something by adding features.
- (intransitive) To be raised up; to grow larger.
- (radiology) To take up contrast agent (for an organ, tissue, or lesion).
- (obsolete) To lift, raise up.
Example Sentences
A debt enhances rapidly by compound interest.
A hereditary monarch relies on pomp and ceremony, which enhance the respect for the institution
nought aghast, his mightie hand enhaunst: / The stroke down from her head vnto her shoulder glaunst.
They had no character to preserve, except for courage; and perhaps the reputation of ferocity enhanced the value of their services, in making them feared as well as hated by the people.
Word Forms
- enhances
- enhancing
- enhanced
- enhaunce
Synonyms for enhance
Depending on context, synonyms include heighten, raise.
Antonyms for enhance
Common opposites include dehance.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include heighten, raise, elevate, uplift, lift, raising.
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