Main entry: reenforcement, reinforcement, support
Definition: a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission
Usage: they called for artillery support
Main entry: reward, reinforcement
Definition: an act performed to strengthen approved behavior
Main entry: strengthener, reinforcement
Definition: a device designed to provide additional strength
Usage: the cardboard backing was just a strengthener; he used gummed reinforcements to hold the page in his notebook
Main entry: reinforcement, reinforcer, reinforcing stimulus
Definition: (psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it
Main entry: reenforcement, reinforcement
Definition: information that makes more forcible or convincing
Usage: his gestures provided eloquent reinforcement for his complaints